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Its not that you just bring people in. these are folks who are trained. when youre talking about human life, these are people who are trained. in some cases, they have cleared out areas and they have told people to go away because they just want to listen for the possibility of sound. theres certain ways you have to remove the rubble to not cause it to collapse. this is -- this is dangerous business for those rescuers as well. so its not something you just go into willy-nilly. the weather is not...

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Live in clay, alabama. jonathan, just seeing around you just like utter devastation. >> reporter: it truly is. take a look around here, over here, this -- what looks like used to be a mobile home, unsalvageable. as we pan to the right you can see this debris scattered. crews have done a good job clearing the roadway so that first responders can get in, but a lot of damage to repair. over here you see blue tarps on this roof, a gentleman is passing out water and biscuits to the relief workers. he...

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Pentagon. manning bulldozers and clears debris of a city decimated by the largest tornado to hit the u.s. in over six decades. bringing the city back to its feet is daunting. relief workers are up for the challenge. >> i mean, we can stand around and stare tat or roll up our sleeves and jump in and start trying to take care of whats going to have to be done. >> city officials say the recovery effort will not interfere with the search for 232 people still missing in joplin. later today an updat...

132. that number is expected to steadily rise. but the number of people still unaccounted for has gone down to 156. right now construction crews are manning bulldozers and clearing debris across six miles of city decimated by the single deadliest tornado to hit the u.s. in over six decades. this aerial view we have for you before and after this devastating storm gives you a sense of just how extensive the damage is right now. but relief workers say they are up to that daunting challenge. >> we c...

Lady. she was-- . >> reporter: she says, thelma says that she expects shes going to continue to hear lols foilo lolas voice through the days ahead and people trying to warn others as the tornado came and swept them away. >> the damage of tuscaloosa extends from mississippi all the way up, almost to washington d.c. and one place that was hit extraordinarily hard, a suburb north of birmingham. concorde, alabama where we find our jonathan serry today. whats it look like where you are? >> you can se...

Is not clear. and a lot of details about what is really going on inside those reactors is not clear. weve had conflicting report from japanese officials the last several days. again, the situation is not under control by any means. this is a major nuclear situation that we are watching very closely. that, of course, on top of the rescue and recovery efforts and the efforts to help those who have survived the earthquake and tsunami that hit so hard in northeastern japan. were now hearing from rel...