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Martha: were getting word that well get a news conference from joplin, missouri on the tornado that struck there on sunday, 1500 people, still looking to account for there. we may get an update on that as well, well take you there as soon as that gets underway and as away wait for that, theres a new round of killer tornadoes, that sliced through the nations heartland overnight. look at this. martha: that is one of the several deadly tornadoes that ripped through the midwest and the south and wer...

The tornado hit and were in there for about ten minute bus it saved their lives. you can see whats left. this is about the only home that looks like a home, as of this morning here in piedmont. it has been, as you know, a very deadly season and if you count the fatalities in kansas, here in oklahoma and that killer tornado in arkansas, alex, we have now had 53 fatal twisters so far this year. an average year the entire year, 24. we have more than doubled our average of killer tornadoes. and more...

It got noisy while we were in the shelter for 20 minutes. we came out and looked outside and trees were almost sideways so we went back in. and like i said now we just came out. i could see the moving looks to be northeast. two guys saw them go by south. >> shepard: you were in college is my understanding huge twister in 1999. >> yes, sir. >> tell me about that. >> fortunately i was at my school, which is about 20 miles north of where it hit. but my family were not so fortunate. and they actuall...

>> shepard: jeff, describe what you are seeing. what kind of vehicle are you in? what are you seeing around you? >>ening at this time i-35 in moore on highway 37. the main east-west road on the southwest side of moore. to give you better south of the 40 interchange and 4 miles north of the city of norman, at this time no tornadoes near that location right now. this particular tornado has weakened and has became rain wrapped as we say. weakened at this time, but like i said the tornado has weaken...

Off, take the shingles and the barn. it will damage the car with some hail. everybody will walk out of the house, and the windows will be broken, and youre fine. thats a typical, garden variety tornado. we are not seeing these. we are seeing large violent storms with large tornadoes over 150 miles per hour, one after the other, like a big rake just raking across the country. we raked across alabama. there had been 49. and today i know were going to add to that number because there are fatalities...

Kokh. and we have been talking to that storm chaser and with unbelievable play-by-play of whats going on around the oklahoma city area where we have tornado warnings in effect and damage reported on the ground. so not only doppler radar indicated tornadoes but we have gotten confirmation of tornadoes on the ground with damage in and around the oklahoma city area. and reports from our storm chaser saying that at least two people have been killed. i dont know if we have -- we have gotten our desk ...

Tornadoes. can you see those ominous clouds at any point we could see the possibility for large hail, damaging winds and even tornadoes. so that high risk area that the storm prediction center has issued includes just north of class, in through much of oklahoma, including oklahoma city where we have a current tornado warning still in effect up through kansas. so, this is really spreading through that area of tornado alley, of course, shepard, that meteorologist look like during the season and ma...

Same area. the town of new castle does have damage on the north side not major but moderate damage. southwest of new castle. this is just outside of the southwest side of moore. there is major damage southwest of oklahoma city. there is major damage. i will tell you i have seen about 30 ambulances responding north about 30 minutes ago from the suburbs of oklahoma city up toward piedmont. there is injuries. i have got word there is confirmed fatalities northwest of oklahoma city. killer tornadoes...

Confirmed sightings not by the weather service but by trained weather spotters tornadoes in the oklahoma city alone. thats a live look at the radar and they are circling now the worst of it all. the pink on which is he drawing in the middle, the pink and purple is the worst of it. they are seeing some sort of circular motion there which they believe is indicating that a tornado is moving now. the latest updates live as we get them. but, first, i must update you on the horror of joplin, missouri....

Play back center my understanding fed to us by a storm chaser on scene. this is not old video. this is new this afternoon. our storm chaser watching life pictures coming into us. live from the storm chasers vehicle. producers do we have audio from this vehicle? north and east of oklahoma city, im told. our storm chaser has been watching as five separate tornadoes, not confirmed by the national weather service, but witnessed by the storm chaser, the wall clouds forming, dropping from the sky and ...