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Straight toward tinker and made a turn and went on the west side of tinker and then across i-40 and they had the same pile of cars we showed you earlier. >> we are continuing to listen in the background to this chopper noise. if you look from left to right across your screen everything is gone. they are talking about a massive system which broke out in 1999, may 3rd. there was some 60 tornadoes. the worst of it all in the town of midwest city in chickasaw, oklahoma. right here in moore where a s...

>> if youre just tuning in, youre watching live coverage of a one to two-mile wide tornado that touched down south of oklahoma city. population 170,000 those in the warning area. we have on the phone right now oklahoma governor mary fallin. governor, obvious alily were warning all of those in the path of this tornado to go to the cell cellar, the basement, get away from the windows. what is your advice for those watching who are in the storms path? >> absolutely. be weather aware and take these ...

Four years and it was during that time. this is the same exact path, martin. moore, oklahoma, i covered that storm. moore, oklahoma, was leveled. i cant emphasize enough. this is a very heavily populated area full of subdivisions and schools and churches and malls and things like that. it is packed. moore got hit so badly during that infamous tornado on may 3rd so many years ago and thats where a majority of the people died. you hear the e perts talking about an ef-4, ef-5. thats 160 to 200 mile...

Storm hit, to leave the area if they did not have underground sheltering in place. we hope that thats the case. we hope the death toll does not resemble that may 3rd tornado. >> mike, was that the exact path of the may 3rd tornado? was that the -- >> this was just along the exact path and then as it came deeper into moore, its a little bit on the southern sides of the may 3rd path. and i dont want to make comparisons too much to may 3rd, just in terms of, well, what ill say is this tornado i bel...

Concern. just lined up. and emergency vehicles are having a tough time getting in. oklahoma state superintendent, she is offering her prayers and support to the school districts at this hour. this is coming from -- this has been devastating horrible reminder of the may 3rd tornado. my staff and i stand ready to offer full support to any school district that have experienced injuries. damages, from these terrible tornadoes and we know the damage is extensive at this hour. have to take a look what...

Where do you begin? thats the question. where do you begin on something like this? >> mike, how long was that tornado on the ground? >> well, it was on the ground for just under one hour, linda. it set down just southwest of new castle and then went to that large wedge. and i think the peak width on it was about a mile and a half wide. thats one thing i notice looking at these pictures is the debris path appears to be significantly wider through moore than may 3, 1999. and, again, most of this p...

Working frantically looking here. where do you begin? i mean, thats the question. where do you begin on something like this? >> mike, how long was that tornado on the ground? >> well, it was on the ground for just under one hour, linda. it set down just southwest of -- west of new castle then went to that large wedge. i think the peak width on it was about a mile and a half wide. thats one thing im noticing looking at these pictures is the debris path appears to be significantly wider through mo...

Recovered. we have seen the medical examiner pulling up in this parking lot as those people wait to pull a fourth body from this location. andrea ashs husband and her son are over there trying to get desperately to that victim. andrea, you live just a short while from here. how did you make it this way? >> we just got in our truck and hopped to try to go we thought our friends children might have been trapped. thats what we saw on the news. this is the first place they could get to they stopped ...

Schools, if your children are safe and you know for a fact that they werent being sheltered in those schools, please call our newsroom and let us know that so we can pass that information along. weve been unable to confirm whether the children were being sheltered in the schools or whether they had already been released. so help us to know that information. mike? >> linda, i think its shockingly clear that what were looking at is tragically the biggest destructive tornado in the history of the w...

Little pieces. >> in context to what you guys have seen before and we know that oklahoma was just hit yesterday with storms, todd, have you ever seen anything like this in your life? >> may 3rd was the worst ive ever seen. i dont know how this is going to compare. it looks pretty close, though. >> may 3rd of 1999, you were in moore at that time? >> yes. >> how have you seen the city rebound in that time and now what do you think that this does to the future of your town? >> moore is a strong tow...