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We had hundreds of people dying in any one particular year. but as you go throughout the decade, through the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, a steep, steep decline. we drop the number of fatalities dramatically with the advent of doppler year, but this year, boom, 480 plus fatalities. the deadliest year since 1953, and for that we really dont have much of an explanation. piers? >> rob, if you can stand by for us. were going to go back now to one of the rescue teams whos in joplin. 750 people have already...

I want to show you one -- if we could put the one graphic up, i want to show you this, piers. just how much tornado fatalities have decreased over the last century. obviously, at the turn of the century, we had very little technology to warn us of these things. we had hundreds of people dying in any one particular year. but as you go throughout the decade, through the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, a steep, steep decline. we drop the number of fatalities dramatically with the advent of doppler year, but...

And there are 1500 people who are still missing right now. we keep going back to that, but that is the urgent search going on in missouri. were going to ask a meteorologist if theres any reason why this year, what has convened that has made this such an ongoing catastrophe and what a spring 2011 has been. bill: hitting population centers, too, joplin, missouri, the fourth largest city in that state, a single tornado obliterated one third of the town, rescue workers not giving up hope, 1500 said ...

barely getting out alive. >> ive never taken any of the warnings seriously, but something snapped and i put pillows and blankets in the bathroom. we were just praying and screaming. and it was very loud, and it all happened so fast. >> terrifying moments that changed their lives forever. >> its indescribable. i dont know what to say other than that. ive never seen anything like it. >> what happens now? >> were going to stay there until every home is repaired, until every neighborhood i...

back on its feet. >> and were more storms threatening tonight, is the city safe? >> if you were hear and a tornado comes through, theres no place to go. no place to hide now. >> ill ask the worlds leading tornado expert how you can protect yourself. this is "piers morgan tonight." we begin tonight with the latest breaking news. a tornado emergency near oklahoma city, the national weather service warns anyone in the area to take precautions immediately. calling the situation extremely...

pillows and blankets in the bathroom. we were just praying and screaming. and it was very loud, and it all happened so fast. >> terrifying moments that changed their lives forever. >> its indescribable. i dont know what to say other than that. ive never seen anything like it. >> what happens now? >> were going to stay there until every home is repaired, until every neighborhood is rebuilt, until every business is back on its feet. >> and were more storms threatening tonight, is the cit...

Im ali velshi live in joplin, missouri. welcome back to our coverage of "american morning." 30% of this town was wiped out by the deadliest single tornado in six decades. homes and businesses completely destroyed. cars crushed, crumpled. rescue workers working into the night looking for survivors. i saw them last night, late last night, joined by keith stammer, joined us yesterday, the head of emergency management for the city of joplin and jasper county. keith, good to see you again. what a fru...

Disaster. were monitoring a news conference thats set to get underway this hour. and one hour from now, israels prime minister will address both houses of congress. benjamin netanyahus speech comes a few days after president obama suggested israel redraw its borders as part of a middle east peace deal. you can see his speech live right here on cnn. that starts in just about 45 minutes. in joplin, missouri, the suffering and the fear are taking new shape today. the city manager says gas leaks...

Storms today that fire in a densely humid air mass. theres cold air aloft. theres warm air. the sun was out all day. now the storms are rotating, super cell thunderstorms that could eventually -- i mean, oklahoma to joplin is a long drive, but they will stay together. the problem is they may get to joplin after dark, and thats even more dangerous. the people in joplin, what they have to understand is even a 40-mile-per-hour wind gust will move the debris thats already on the ground. these are no...

Through little rock, memphis, areas that have seen the flooding situation. tomorrow theyre going to be under the gun for seeing severe weather as well. well keep a close eye on things over the next 48 hours. unfortunately this is not the usual case where we see a cold front come through, clear things out, and rescue workers have a good chance with good weather to work with. unfortunately, they got hit with a double whammy. >> well watch the danger zone today. that could be really important to wa...