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Over the water, it looks like it disappears, then touches land and destruction resumes. scientists say debris from the tornado can hit ten times as high as we are right now into the air. look at the trees. looks like people pulled them up and laid them down like they were weeding their garden. they are huge, rooted pine trees. cars littered along the trail. they were never there. they were tossed like toys. when you look at the debris, you can understand why search and rescue is difficult. its h...

Were weeding their garden, but those are huge old pine trees. cars littered along the trail. they werent parked there. they were tossed like toys. you literally can trace with your finger a line where the tornado went. >> state officials say that insurance claims from the tornado will probably top $2 billion. those are early estimates. the mayor says he does not expect the death toll to climb. as i mentioned. but some people have not been able to reach loved ones since the tornado struck and the...

Annihilate corn, peanuts, beans, virtually any crop on pritchards 700 acres. this is evidence theyve been here. >> yes, sir. that was overnight last night. >> reporter: a few rows devoured. hoofprints are in the dirt. >> this is nothing. thats all there is, ill be happy. >> reporter: some mornings are much worse. ruined crops as far as the eye can see. the wild hogs come through this area so often they have worn a path through this field. look at this. this is where they scrape the mud off on th...

Happy. >> reporter: some mornings are much worse. ruined crops as far as the eye can see. the wild hogs come through this area so often they have worn a path through this field. look at this. this is where they scrape the mud off on the pine trees. you can see it on the bark there. look at this one. it happened so often that about two and a half feet of the bark has been scraped off. this is a national problem. the usda estimates there are about four to five million wild hogs in america and they...

That was overnight last night. >> reporter: a few rows devoured. hoofprints are in the dirt. >> this is nothing. thats all there is, ill be happy. >> reporter: some mornings are much worse. ruined crops as far as the eye can see. the wild hogs come through this area so often they have worn a path through this field. look at this. this is where they scrape the mud off on the pine trees. you can see it on the bark there. look at this one. it happened so often that about two and a half feet of the ...

Ruined crops as far as the eye can see. the wild hogs come through this area so often they have worn a path through this field. look at this. this is where they scrape the mud off on the pine trees. you can see it on the bark there. look at this one. it happened so often that about two and a half feet of the bark has been scraped off. this is a national problem. the usda estimates there are about four to five million wild hogs in america and they cause about $1.5 billion worth of crop damage a y...

And hard, sowing corn seed. how many acres here? >> approximately 80 acres. >> reporter: hes done for the day. soon the sun will set but by morning all his hard work could be ruined and seeds stolen under the cover of darkness. >> one year, in two nights i lost 18 acres. >> reporter: 18 acres in two nights. thats worth how much to you? >> wound up costing me in lost yield about $9,000. >> reporter: but thieves are not the problem. what has that problem been? >> theyre pigs root up the corn seed ...

Megyn: for years one new jersey town has been mysteriously losing pine trees around christmastime. town leaders say its residents trying to steal a free christmas tree. so how exactly should they crack down on that? well apparently the solution has been right under their nose the whole time. nothing says christmas like stealing, trace. >> reporter: nothing does. this port republic, new jersey, has a quaint little area with tennis courts and ice skating ring but it gets windy. they put up the pin...

The cascades. 70 homes burned there. another 400 have been evacuated. and we talked to residence who thankfully still have a home. they know they are very lucky. take a listen. >> i hope that everybody is safe and im sorry for everybodys loss. im really -- its devastating. i got lucky. >> and firefighters are worried about the weather conditions the next couple of days. some dry lightning strikes are expected in california and southern washington. >> shepard: more fires is our understanding, ada...

Book about -- quoting an arab surfer you met in israel, sure there are problems, this is the middle east, but look what we have here. he pointed towards the mediterranean between the cones and pine trees, we could see the white sandy beach. the sun cast a shimmering gold carpet across the sea. this, the arab said, is what binds us, the land itself. i want to bring you in, steve, because we were talking about hillary clinton and she obviously has been in the middle east -- >> not surfing. >> yes....