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City of houma, louisiana. ida now considered one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the u.s. wind of 150 miles per hour. thats like an f-3 tornado hitting for hours. now, on the left side of your screen, whats left? we know at least one person has died. but louisianas governor says he expects the death toll to climb considerably in the coming hours. and were getting reports of people trapped in attics and on roofs and the water is not done rising. >> a couple of people behind me have a lot ...

And its steeple winding up on the roof, on the street, excuse me, the tornado hitting when children were inside that church. >> you have to say its an act of god that there were no injuries with the young people that were inside the church, even though the church received structural damage, that can be replaced. >> the city of salina, ohio, was also hit by a tornado last night. seven people were hurt and there is significant damage. mayor jeff hazel tells cnn affiliate whio, power is out to the ...

The largest target, dayton, ohio, two tornadoes touching down monday night, 3 miles and 30 minutes apart. dayton has lost power to both water plants and pump stations. officials are asking citizens to conserve water. one dayton resident tells cnn he looked up and realized he no longer had a roof. 6,400 customers are without electricity. snowplows were brought in to remove debris off the streets. >> i heard the whistle, felt like a train was coming through. i told my fiance get inside the tub, an...

449 in the month of may. the latest target, dayton, ohio, two tornadoes touching down monday night, 3 miles and 30 minutes apart. dayton has lost power to both water plants and pump stations. officials are asking citizens now to conserve water. sn snowplows were brought in to move debris out of the streets. >> i heard the whistle, like a train was coming through. i told my fiance to get inside the tub and next thing i know, windows was breaking, and i heard a lot of debris flying around and just...

Stuff crashing, and glass just everywhere back there right now. its really terrible. >> so far no reports of injuries or fatalities in the dayton area. a local church was badly damaged. the steeple and roof winding up in the street. the tornado hitting when children were inside. >> you have to say its an act of god that there were no injuries with the young people that were inside the church, even though the church received structural damage, that can be replaced. >> the city of salina, ohio, wa...

>> we were doing a good job last night. we got multiple warnings prior to the tornado hitting. the warnings were out there. they did a great job. unfortunately its when you get those. we had an opportunity to know it was coming also. thats why we didnt have fatalities last night. didnt have more injuries. people were aware of what was taking place here. are you asking washington for assistance? >> well meet around 8:00 this morning. now we are assessing to see what the damage is. im sure we will...

Anything else. and all we can do is just give everything that we can to them, work hard and continue to pray. >> and youre volunteering, of course. does it frustrate you when you hear the types of things that we showed at the beginning of the segment, the media and hollywood being condescending about the bible and about alabama? >> it does not bother me. they can say what they want. i have one to answer to on judgment day. ill just continue to pray for everyone that wants to speak like that. but...

Obviously when there is not very much power, power lines have been torn down, power poles snapped and uprooted it is difficult for the rescuers in the darkness to do a thorough search very quickly. it will likely be morning or even later tomorrow before we know precisely how many have been killed in lee county im sorry lee county alabama as a result of the huge tornado hitting there this afternoon. more than 42000 homes and businesses without electricity and reports of wide spread damage in sout...

What we have now learned tonight. and made in america is back. tonight, the success story that might have passed you on the highway. good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night, and we begin with the severe storms at this hour. emergency teams are on the scene tonight after whats believed to be a tornado hitting maryland not long ago. cars upside down, buildings destroyed, all part of this storm system. blinding rain, and damaging storms from the south all the way ...

I grew up in baltimore just outside in townsend. >> hey! >> charm city. erica, wed love to have you back as much as you can to talk about the efforts. >> i would be happy to be back. >> i think, we believe bringing this attention you did save lives this weekend. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> absolutely. thank you. >> coming up in the next hour, a special report on ferguson, three years later. after that city really changed and the events after michael browns death. the violence that fol...