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its getting big, big, big. >> at least 126 people dead, dozens still missing, the actual number not known. local officials believe up wartds of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. the video is dark, but the audio, the sounds tell a story. >> oh, my god! [ screaming ] >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene moments a...

>> its a double-edged sword and we understand that. may 3rd, 1999, when the other -- its half a mile wide tornado, same set up, it was coming through a more populated area, we didnt tell people to get out of the way. it was basically go below ground or go to your safe spot. after the event, a lot of people went to their safe spot. there were people that lost their lives from going to their safe spot but a lot of people did not die but there were some that did and a lot of people when you have th...

Wow, this isnt good but i wasnt at that point i wasnt panicking yet. i was doing okay. ive done this for a number of years now and i wasnt out of my comfort zone but my anxiety, it goes up and if you were to take my heart rate at that time for that two-hour period or three-hour period, it would be up there just a bit. >> was there a moment where you thought -- you know what, this could be the end? >> ive been doing this since the late 80s and i interned for chad a long time ago back in the day. ...

Were within a couple hundred yards when it was nearly three quarters of a mile wide tornado when it sat down southwest of oklahoma city. an incredible storm. it goes back to what we witnessed in joplin, missouri, the deep south and april 27th and then the last time we had an event like this in oklahoma city, may 3rd of 1999. the tornadoes today were violence, long-tracking tornadoes. absolutely amazing, and these storms just went up hard, they were turning and rotating from start to finish and t...

the driver escaped with his life. it was not the only tornado on the ground. at least four people killed west of oklahoma city in canadian county. at one point the national weather service had to evacuate its norman oklahoma storm prediction center. take a look. >> wow. woe got lightning really close. where is it? yeah. >> okay, we got another tornado on the ground. were going to have to get out of here, guys. we cant stay around here. >> multiple vortex tornado on the ground. wheres t...

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weve moved to a more secure location. i want to show you whats been happening in oklahoma, the storm there, simply unbelievable. this funnel cloud cut a tractor trailer in half. the driver escaped with his life. it was not the only tornado on the ground. at least four people killed west of oklahoma city in canadian county. at one point the national weather service had to evacuate its norman oklahoma storm prediction center. take a look. >> wow. woe got lightning really close. where is ...

I have only witnessed we had one major tornado about an hour and a half ago that tracked about 30 miles west of oklahoma city and then tracked to the northwest of oklahoma city. hitting multiple communities to the northwest of oklahoma city. i know that it piedmont area took a heavy damage. the ground up toward the -- i-356789 one large destructive tornado. that was tornado number one im going to call it tornado number two developed southwest of oklahoma city. try to come into the northwest side...

Entire state know which part of their house to be in in this type of a situation and thats why you see so many people walk out of complete devastation. there is going to be miraculous stories and death totals, too many houses obliterated in some of the rural towns, 1,000 or more and im concerned what the rest of the evening holds, its not over yet. >> unfortunately, we do know that two people were killed in el reno. there are a number of warnings in play right now, one of the warnings is for moo...

You cant see what is underneath n this decade a month ago, may 3rd, what you were talking about minutes ago, struck a town that was one of the oldest cities in oklahoma and everything was solid brick and everybody had shelter. it was 95% destroyed and not a single person died. but down the road in moore, oklahoma, it was a newer city and people had long since stopped building storm shelters or basements and there, i think 48 people died. >> yeah. well, thats right. when you -- the vel lossity of...