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Those peoples homes and right into theirive ls. there will be a lot of cleanup here. obviously we can pick up the pieces, pick up homes, pick up thips. its the people now, the safety of the people there that we have to worry about. many times, as the governor was talking about -- i had talked about this earlier today -- more people can be injured after the storm trying to dig through debris. there are still power lines that are live. there are still many, many boards with nails sticking out. the...

Oklahoma city from our affiliate koco. an intense tornado has touched down in the oklahoma city area. on the phone right now, we have jaime shelton the emergency official for the city of moore, oklahoma, which is south of oklahoma city. mr. shelton, thanks for joining us. what is your recommendation for anybody in the area who is listening right now? >> people have to take emergency precautions. we see debris in the air over city hall in moore. we are at 301 north broadway. we have debris in the...

And the storm -- still a large tornado, debris is evident. people in moore should be underground if they can be. were trying to get safely east of this thing right now but still staying on top of it, david. >> you can see with our high-resolution mapping, we have pleasant of neighborhood developments right here. lots of high density neighborhoods. this is moving into a very dense part now of moore. it was moving through southwestern parts much the metro here where it wasnt nearly as dense, but n...

Large tornado, a devastating tornado. i dont think those words really can describe what youre looking at. >> no. its devastating. and of course i dont know if they even have power in this area, but obviously to anyone who is in the area of oklahoma city, keep in mind that a lot of death and injury can happen after the storm goes away from recovery efforts, from debris, from power lines that are live. so please be careful and be safe. do not think necessarily that the worst is over. please be on ...

Right. those are live images on the left. we dont want to alarm people by showing old pictures of tornadoes. governor fallin, of course the work begins now to clean up. we need to remind the viewers that oklahoma city has been struck more than two dozen times by two or more tornadoes in the same day. even if this tornado is gone -- again, the picture on the left is from minutes ago, not a live picture youre looking at, from earlier today, the picture on the right is live -- people should still h...

To see pieces of debris flying around above the ground. so this is definitely a very large tornado heading across the south moore area. we are on southeast 4th street in moore and running a little bit ahead of it. >> chris is at southeast 4th street and moore. for those of us east of i-35, if you live anywhere right along eastern avenue there, that is also known ads toby keith boulevard and moore, if you live along that, if you live even farther east near bryant veterans memorial park, if you ma...

Windows is what youre saying. how much -- >> do not be looking outside. do not be near the windows looking outside. be in the center of your home in a storm shelter. theres debris falling on to the hall on 301 north broadway. people just need to take that seriously. it is happening. >> take shelter immediately. go to your storm cellars, go to the basement. if you dont have a basement, go to your bathroom, go into the bathtub, cough yourself with a mattress. take shelter. have you, sir, heard of ...