Multiple Vortex Tornado News Today

Destruction. the national weather service out of paducah now says in places that path of destruction is a mile wide in some spots. most places is 3/4 miles wide. investigators are looking at indications that we have of multiple vortex tornado. that means a tornado within the tornado. the inner tornado end up stronger. they have three teams on the ground. the official rating is taking a long time simply because theres so much destruction and so much ground to cover. the death toll stands at 74 wi...

View. these pictures from aptn, associated press television news. just incredible to look out over the landscape there. you wonder what it was like at cudjoe key, once you get there, youre almost to key west. you can almost taste mallory square by then, see the cat lady walking by and waiting for that perfect sunset at mallory square. i wonder, key west on the drier side of the storm, on the best side of the -- on the west side of the storm when it went by. itll be interesting to see what everyt...

Thing, the multiple vortex tornado, these very small, mini tornadoes that spin around the main, parent tornado. and the eye sometimes of these strong hurricanes, you can get these mini vortices, and you can get stronger winds as those pass by. its not a question of we could be looking at that situation there where you get these little spins that spin around the entire eye and create even stronger winds from the ambient winds, i guess, within the eye wall. so its a very frightening experience bec...

Shepard: weve been watching -- if you look real closely, you can see a flag in there or whats left of one. this has been one of our live looks for much of the day, and the flag had been held up -- hasnt held up too well. im guessing somebody will get out there and replace that thing as soon as the weather allows. the sights and sounds of a powerful category three storm coming ashore and just tearing through the community. listen to this. [background sounds]

Way. thank you. we appreciate it. as you heard the governor say, more storms are on the way with a potential for spawning more tornadoes there. weather channel meteorologist vivian brown brings us the latest. we have a roof that just flew through the air. this is serious. life or death. we have a large multiple vortex tornado on the ground -- >> that was the video earlier from one of the storm chasers who was following that storm. we hope to get an update later in the hour. still to come w...

Time thats ever happened in the citys history. >> yeah, also we got hail here. looks like snow but this is hail covering a backyard. this is in utah. north of salt lake city. lets get the latest on all this nastiness from abcs clayton sandell. >> reporter: a rash of tornados sweeping over oklahoma. >> the most significant of all tornado warnings that we can have. again, a tornado emergency. >> reporter: the storm system packing winds up to 150 miles per hour. meteorologists telling rush hour mot...

The twister destroyed a 100-year-old farmhouse and destroyed or damaged other homes as well. abcs ryan owens is covering it all in americas tornado alley. >> we have a large multiple-vortex tornado on the ground south of lincoln -- >> reporter: severe weather striking the heartland. several tornados reported in kansas. >> we have a roof that just flew through the air, this is a serious situation. >> reporter: tornado sirens sounding the alarm. >> this entire storm is spinning. >> reporter: oklah...

The twister destroyed a 100-year-old farmhouse and destroyed or damaged other homes as well. abcs ryan owens is covering it all in americas tornado alley. >> we have a large multiple-vortex tornado on the ground south of lincoln -- >> reporter: severe weather striking the heartland. several tornados reported in kansas. >> we have a roof that just flew through the air, this is a serious situation. >> reporter: tornado sirens sounding the alarm. >> this entire storm is spinning. >> reporter: oklah...

And still in one piece. and were still watching the torturous process of trying to find residents who have been unaccounted for. 125 people were known to have lost their lives in this tornado. jackie jeras is there. what is it looking like around you right now? >> well, very different scene from yesterday in terms of we really switched to a clean-up mode in this location. you can see behind me, this was a residential area and this entire area was filled with debris and now, theyre collecting the...

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 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. w...