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Well, we knew it was going to be cold. i dont think we knew it was going to be this cold in some parts of the midwest, minus 9 degrees, could get worse than that. mark mancuso is joining us right now. oh, boy, marks ready. here we go. >> hey, neil, last time we talked i had this tremendously huge scarf. well, its gone. its in demand right now. we are looking at some dangerous cold here. its time to break out those ugly christmas sweaters and get yourself the hat, the gloves, everything you need....

Together, chasing those storms around! hopefully theyll have a less eventful spring next time around. meanwhile noaa is releasing stunning numbers on this deadly tornado outbreak. this years violent storms as you would imagine, looking at these pictures, are going to be in the record books, folks. take a look. 2011 is currently ranked the eighth deadliest year. we are counting 481 fatalities so far in these storms. 1925 is the one that you see that popped up in the middle there, that is the de...

In the parts of the south but this year, all the ingredients come together and each ingredient seems to be of the extreme variety. martha: i spoke with a storm chaser yesterday who talked about this perfect storm, all of these dynamics coming together in a perfect way that has been gentlemen impressure effect for all those suffering on the ground in the midwest. so the next question is, mark, when does this dynamic change? is there anything you can see in the weather pattern that shakes it out o...

Ming ham. mark mancuso also on site. jenna: we begin with rick reichmuth. search and rescue efforts are underway right behind you, rick. what made this storm so devastating? >> reporter: well the size of it, obviously, and the strength. likely an ef5 tornado, a little bit too early to say that officially. from the pictures it looks like way. the set up was prime, we knew it was going to be a very dangerous day for tornadoes and it returned out to be one for the record books, certainly the deadli...

Meteorologist mark mancuso. >> reporter: a lot of things come to mind when you take a look at the storm system. the reports coming in out of the south about complete devastation here, the horrible scenes here. you have to give special thanks to my fellow meteorologists here giving out those warnings, and without those warnings the fatalities could have been a lot worse than what we are looking at right now. a lot of thanks to people that really worked out to get out the watches and warnings. eas...

People is that the storm, the system is really still on the move, right now and we have several more eastern states, now under tornado watches and warnings, and here is a look at the confirmed touchdowns, 160 tornadoes and we have never seen numbers reported across the south, the month of april, 600 of these tornadoes and lets go to accu-weather meteorologist, mark mancuso and get a handle on where it is headed next, mark. can you tell us? >> well, look at the numbers you showed us, that was yes...

Mark, thank you very much. for the latest reported. incredible system we are watching and is still going on. bill. bill: indeed it is, martha, thank you. in a moment well take to you tuscaloosa, alabama, we have seen people who had homes there, now returned to what amounts to a pile of destruction, and, debris from their own homes and time and again, after we see these stories, and the people go back to their homes, to find jewelry, and find pictures, sometimes they pick through whatever they ca...

Be storms nearby those big rigs. bill: thank you for that. you mentioned the middle of the night. its one of the most dangerous times when storms hit, everybody is sleeping. this hit at 2:30 in the morning. were watching it. seven dead so far. lets hope the number does not go higher than that. mark, thank you. alisyn: heres some breaking news out of massachusetts, the salem area, i should say, there was a woman who withheld cancer information from her autistic son, she has been sentenced 8-10 ye...

Stretch of road in that straight. mark mancuso live with this. what is going on out there, mark? reporter bill, its a wild spring storm, that is for sure, and as we take a look at this scenario across the plains states, snow not unheard of in south dakota or nebraska. its the second snowiest month of the year in the dakotas, in the black hills. its a powerful system, and the stories come out of here, out of the southern plains states, this is a line of storms that weve been following overnight a...

The giradelli square and fishermens wharf, could there be a few snowflakes with the heavier snow showers. here in the sierra, it is pouring, snow, cant get across the mountain now, theyve shut it down because of very heavy snow, all this excitement to southern california, tomorrow, snow in the grapevine. terrible travel here. martha: mark mancuso, thanks. its one to watch. well keep an eye on it with your help. bill: we mentioned this with michael schoer. now we are seeing pictures of this saudi...