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This is what has taken through so long. we had to go through all of this and it goes 15 miles the other way, just like this. >> 15 miles of just like this? >> yes. >> and you see the devastation stretching from where the school, unfortunately, sadly -- this is an evil monster of a torn. hit where people were, the youngest were, when you watched that, it just numbs you. the parent who lost children and the parents of churn who survives will be part of the debate about rebuilding and whether there...

Official say seven children -- we have emotional video right now, just into cnn overnight, showing students at briarwood elementary school, reuniting with their parents. 50 people have died, including at least 20 children. president obama signing a major disaster declaration, ordering federal aid to this area. obviously, it is so, so needed here. im in a neighborhood right next to the school. the school is just 200 yards away from where i am. its been flattened. this neighborhood, it was a row o...

Already know, children. 145 people injured, again, that number will go up, maybe by a lot. and were asking about a count for the number of homes and structures destroyed. they do not have that count yet. i can tell you how weve driven through it over the last several hours, i dont know how they would begin to count. there were so many homes, structures destroyed. flattened in some cases by the power of the storm. it was an ef-4, there were wind speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. at one poin...

Parents still looking for their children. >> quickly, george. i know youre from this area. i think people are asking, why doesnt there an underground shelter. is that unusual that there wasnt an underground shelter here? >> some schools have them. i grew up in austin. and i was born in amarillo. i remember being a kid in third or fourth grade. big tornadoes coming through. and you get in that position. you crouch down. you wait when you hear the sirens. we did take shelter in a school in shawnee...

Lightning flashing in the sky over moore, oklahoma, all night. many people here want to know what is the forecast for today? is it another dangerous day on the horizon? well have that forecast when we come back. this special edition of "early start" continues after the break. make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] its practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sig...

gas pump and casts a big shadow over obamas hopes for re-election. just a day after dismissing what he called loose talk of war with iran, he sat down with benjamin netanyahu. at the top of their agenda, talk that israel may soon attack irans nuclear sites. jessica yellin working sources all day. take us inside three hours of talks and a working lunch later, what do we know? >> reporter: were told the prime minister and the president within their three hours had 30 minutes when they we...

Lightning flashing across a dark sky, triggered by an eruption so powerful it lifted the ash 12 miles high. the ash was thrown up into some pretty turbulent weather so forecasting isnt easy. this is the latest assessment, the worst ash marked in red, thin ash in pale blue. this is what is below 20,000 feet. that matters for takeoff and landing. it will shift around but gradually disperse. now higher up above 35,000 feet, theres far more of it. thats what was ejected on saturday. but even this is...

Where you book matters. expedia. the roar of a beast. that is the sound of the deadly tornado that ripped through joplin, missouri. officials say it killed at least 116 people. no u.s. tornado has taken more lives since records began 60 years ago, although a storm in michigan back in 1953 did match it for casualties. in joplin, 17 people have been pulled out of the rubble alive. gary tuchman takes a look at the search and rescue operation. >> reporter: here in joplin, missouri, the weather is ...

rain of fire. more than a dozen bombs fall on tripoli as nato launches a massive air strike on moammar gadhafis compound. look at this trail of destruction. the search for survivors after a deadly tornado flattens a town in the u.s. midwest. its an unpredictable situation. changing by the hour. british authorities are saying, watch this space as a voluntarily cannish ice cloud from iceland creeps further south toward the uk and main land europe. uks official weather service told cn...

25 to 30% of the town is devastated, is beyond major damage. it is -- it kind of came up pretty quickly for people. we were talking to one of the emergency room nurses, and i should say a nurse on the sixth floor of st. johns hospital. she said they got a warning that the tornado was going to hit in 20 minutes. five minutes later, it was on them. the damage goes for blocks and blocks. its about a six-mile swath or length of the storm on the ground. the storm -- the tornado was anywhere from a ha...