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its from chasertv.com. rob, roll it. >> oh, my. >> and then just a short time ago, storm chaser, his name is steve polly got out in the middle of this driving on the interstate, and he said he didnt think he was going to make it touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> come on. >> yes, it is. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist joins us now. some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this t...

>> and then just a short time ago, a storm chaser, his name is steve polly, caught out in the middle of this driving on the interstate. he said he didnt think he was going to make it. he said it was touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> yes, it is. north kansas. thats where we want to get. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist, joins us now. jacqui, some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities fr...

This was a powerful storm. >> greta: kris, thank you. our next guest braved the storms that ripped through joplin, missouri, with camera in hand. storm chaser scott joins us live on the phone. tell us in your words about this tornado? weve seen that it is devastating. tell us what you saw? >> the tornado was unexpected. it came out of a -- [ inaudible ] grew to a monster within seconds. as it approached joplin, missouri. >> greta: where were you? >> southwest of town. we noticed the cloud formin...

This was a powerful storm. >> greta: kris, thank you. our next guest braved the storms that ripped through joplin, missouri, with camera in hand. storm chaser scott joins us live on the phone. tell us in your words about this tornado? weve seen that it is devastating. tell us what you saw? >> the tornado was unexpected. it came out of a -- [ inaudible ] grew to a monster within seconds. as it approached joplin, missouri. >> greta: where were you? >> southwest of town. we noticed the cloud formin...

Meteorologist, joins us now. jacqui, some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying theres widespread damage across the citys south side. >> thats right, don. it was just an incredible tornado that touched down just before 6:00 local time there. a multi-vortex tornado touched down in downtown joplin and just stripped a path of destruction through the city. there are many buildings which have been dama...

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Don, i want to get a chance, because shes been driving around joplin, i want you to ask her, where literally north or south of the city does the damage begin? because she was out of the damage and then drove and walked into it. there are people out there worrying about their loved ones and they literally cannot get a hold of anyone now. he the cell service is overwhelmed. law enforcement overwhelmed. everyone trying to help everyone else. but at some point in time you have to at this point at le...

Think its likely that theres an ef-3 or other tornado which we would call a major tornado. moved through a very large scale area. search and rescue continues to go on at this hour. reports of people trapped in their homes and reports of people trapped in their vehicles as well, so this is going to be ongoing tonight. now that the sun is going down. going to be hard to find the people. communication is very spotty and power is out through many parts of the city here, and theres so many people inj...