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Day long. you talked about those lightning flashes. there was hail this morning. we had wind gusts of 60 miles per hour. they had to stop the rescue efforts for a while but theyve been back into it and you can imagine with all of this rain coming down, its made things extremely difficult for crews. our visibility has been extremely poor. the winds have been very strong. were having a hard time keeping our equipment on the air as well. in addition to that, the rain has been so heavy weve been get...

Weve seen flashes of lightning when i spoke to anderson cooper. what are you sensing there? are you sensing maybe another tornado tonight? >> reporter: probably not tonight but conditions tomorrow will be another story. theres a good probability that severe weather will break out and that includes southwestern missouri including folks here in joplin. the thought of another tornado potentially is extremely frightening for these people and so many people that are just hanging on by a thread and su...

What are you sensing there? are you sensing tornado tonight? >> reporter: probably not tonight but conditions tomorrow will be another story. theres a good probability that severe weather will break out and that includes southwestern missouri including folks here in joplin. the thought of another tornado potentially is extremely frightening for these people and so many people that are just hanging on by a thread and sustained so much damage that, you know, its a very dangerous situation even wit...

Mess they already have. you see these lightning flashes. we jump at them every time. amazing show going on in the skies right now. misery on top of misery tonight. >> i think you should take cover. we saw massive lightning strike behind you. it looks like another appalling night there in joplin. my hearts go out to all of the people there. its really shocking scenes. well come back to you a bit later on. thank you very much. well be right back after a short break with more breaking news from jop...

our ears started to pop. >> incredible stories of survival. >> we thought we were going to be sucked up the chimney. >> now joplin, missouri, holds its breath and wonders is it over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? whats really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and reports from the ground. >> debris on th...

over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? whats really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and reports from the ground. >> debris on the ground here. >> this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." good evening. joplin, missouri, is under another tornado watch tonight. the national weather service say...

the whole building started to shake. our ears started to pop. >> incredible stories of survival. >> we thought we were going to be sucked up the chimney. >> now joplin, missouri, holds its breath and wonders is it over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? whats really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and rep...

Tornado, leveled more than half of the town this weekend. the twisters nighttime furry captured on tape. >> this is a pretty strong-looking nighttime tornado. two of them, dual funnels, look at that. >> amazing, the lightning flashes, lighting up the width of those funnels there. iowas governor declared mapleton a disaster area. no deaths have been reported. rob marciano joins us from the extreme weather center with more details. you said the system is moving east, will it carry some of the sa...

Country. meteorologist janice dean is in the weather center. >> well have to watch this area across oklahoma and kansas this afternoon into this evening. all the ingredients will come together perhaps another severe weather outbreak. right now we are dealing with this frontal boundary draped act plains states and waves of low pressure. we are seeing the threat for flash flooding across several different states. indianapolis, indiana, in toward ohio. a lot of folks are being warned to stay off th...

That is just i cant imagine how horrible that was. im sorry for her family and all her loved ones. very interesting point, too, that flash flooding every year in this country kills a lot more people than tornadoes. that doesnt get the attention or headlines. no more thing dangerous than water and flash flooding in our country. we are dealing with more flash flooding in the days ahead. as far as now we are getting a break. this is some pictures we are watching with flash flooding yesterday. seven...