Tornado Hunt News Today

Amazing scenes caught by the storm chasers on friday, but its easy to forget just how dangerous that job could be and those men and women are risking their lives. i want to show you this. the tornado hunt 2013 truck that belonged to the weather channel team and this is how it ended up this way. meteorologist mike bettis and his crew got caught in the tornado and at one point their truck was lifted off the ground and thrown 600 feet into a field. amazingly and thankfully everyone was able to walk...

A mother and her baby. >> i hope no more fatalities, but i think we will have so many people with injuries. >> such a busy highway, i-40, i-35 as well. a lot of cars were affected by that. >> take a lock at this picture. this is mike bettes. not mike bennett but mike bettess car. >> from the weather channel, yes. >> from the weather channel, yes. this is, what does it say, tornado hunt 2013. mike bet sis okay. mike bettes is okay. this is out where lance west is located right now. of course you ...

England. guys? >> thanks, rick. >> meanwhile, take a look at this. a meteorologistis meteorologise weather channel was hurt after the tornado hunt car in which he was riding was thrown some 200-yards. the suv they were riding in was caught up in a storm near el reno. they were wearing seatbelts and they were able to walk away from the banged up vehicle. a weather field team has been in the field -- a weather team has been in the field for most of may. this is the first time they have been hurt c...

Levels of risk assessment. slight risk, moderate rix, and high risk. right now theyve upgraded that center part of the country to a moderate risk. pretty good chance well see some storms. the storms are going to go off to the east eventually. more unsettled weather in new england as we head into the workweek. it does look like the heats going to come back and keep the rough weather out through parts of the ohio valley and on through parts of the midwest where theyll be on the great tornado hunt ...

And drive away as fast as possible. well try to be as close as we can can while being safe but nonetheless these people are in some serious danger out there. >> oh, my gsh, this is twister the movie in real life. okay. be very careful because that was a scary movie. mike bettes, thank you. >> reporter: will do. >> you can follow the great tornado hunt on weather.com. happy mothers day from the bottom of my heart. youre the best mom in the world and i look up to you and every mom should be prou...

Tomorrow with very key and vital in their research. a $13 billion research project. theres a lot at stake here. >> there is. bill paxon and helen hunt stars of the movie "twister." this is just like that. how close have you gotten to a tornado? >> reporter: well, last year the one tornado we were right there. we were a good distance away from it when it first formed. it came right towards us and we were lucky, though. about a mile and a half before it got to us it completely fizzled out. i think...

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