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House. at the time -- i knew there was a tornado going on. i was driving and i just see this big old thing in the sky, start coming at me. i seen it. it was up in the air. i just started taking off. my car started shaking. im glad i didnt stay at the 7-eleven, because it took the 7-eleven in a heart beat. and my cousin said he was running up to the plaza towers. we all thought my sister was gone. >> mercedes, youre in the 6th grade. tell us where you were when the tornado goes over your elementa...

Aswinging. >> mary snow reporting. thousands of people, thousands of stories like that. not just dozens, or even hundreds, thousands of powerful stories that were going to catch up with over the next several days. up next, dozens who survived the tornado, they bare physical scars right now. our own dr. sanjay gupta is here. well talk about the kind of injuries hes seeing. and weather experts take us inside the massive twister. a dangerous swirl of wind and debris. vo: traveling you definitely en...

Tornado. tom foreman, thanks very much. im wolf blitzer reporting here in moore, oklahoma. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. youre watching a special edition of "the situation room." here in moore, this is a city scarred, and reeling from a massive tornado that we watched a little more than a day ago, as it leveled block after block after block, miles of this community just south of oklahoma city. one of the major suburbs of oklahoma city. the scope of t...

Do is be generous with their dollars and give for not only the initial response, but theyre going to be here for weeks and months to rebuild this community. theyre not going to need more stuff, theyre going to need your generous donations. a lot of the volunteer groups will help folks. we all have a role to play. thats the best way to help with this type of disaster, give generously to the volunteer organizations so they can help the folks impacted by this disaster. >> and folks, go to our websi...

Facility that was a reunification facility at a church. at the time i had gone in there to talk to some of the red cross, i heard several women crying very, very loud. it was very disturbing to hear people crying of that magnitude because they just found out they had lost someone. >> some people have asked me, e-mailed me and twitter, cant something more be done in these elementary schools, bunkers, underground facilities in case of a tornado? >> since the 99 tornado, all the schools have safe r...

Its remarkable that anyone could survive anything like this. especially a major tornado that came through of that magnitude and caused such destruction. its remarkable that weve had not more loss of life at a time when somethings been so widespread. were devastated by the people that have been lost, the children that have been lost. its been very hard on this community. but were also very thankful for the response of our emergency personnel, obviously our fire department and police, theyve done ...

Welcome back. im wolf blitzer here in moore, oklahoma, right outside of oklahoma city. were watching this disaster unfold. still a disaster. its been a little over 24 hours since a massive tornado tore 17 mile-wide gash through oklahoma. were just beginning to learn the full scope of the destruction. it is enormous. the state insurance commissioner says the tornado damage will probably top $1 billion. now, appears the storm was even more powerful than we originally thought. the national weather ...

Well over 10,000 feet deep. up here where its rotating this way, its what we call a mesocyclone. the tornado is usually within that larger rotation. this is a much broader rotation. whereas the tornado is a smaller feature within that mesocyclone rotating much more rapidly. thats what does all the damage at the ground is that tornado. >> the stuff out here obviously is going to be the first stuff to hit the ground. it will stay up in the air. any estimation of how long before it comes down, how ...

Story. what happened 24 hours ago here is so, so destructive, so powerful, but there were miracles. indeed, a mothers split-second decision to take her baby and leave their home only moments before the tornado destroyed that home. that mother and the baby, they are here with me. well talk to them. right after this. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. the redesigned 2013 glk....

More than a mile wide. brian todd is here in moore, oklahoma with us. he got a first-hand look at what was going on. i got to tell you, brian, from watching it on television, we expected a bad situation. but once you see this in person, you see what the tornado did and you can only imagine the people who suffered, its so heart breaking. >> cant imagine. this used to be a bowling alley. if anyone was inside it is hard to imagine they got out when you see just what this tornado did here, the destr...