found a tornado hit there with estimated wind speeds of 150 miles an hour. then in illinois, here s some footage that was captured of a tornado that hit an amazon facility. the roof of that building was ripped off and a 100-foot portion of a wall collapsed. and here s what it looks like today as a search and rescue operation is under way. at least two people have died there. multiple others injured in edwardsville right near st. louis. one amazon worker described being there as it happened. the front part the front corner of the building was still intact but the back corner of the building off to the right side was caved in. so, i waited in my van around like 30 minutes and then they told us to come inside to the tornado shelter area, and from the tornado shelter area, you could kind of see into the warehouse, so from the position i was in, the back corner where i usually check in and grab my bag and stuff like that, keys for the van, all that was caved in. it was a bathroom over t
a search and rescue mission, and the concern is really those people who are still unaccounted for. that wall you re looking at right there that s no longer there, that stretches about the length of a football field and those strong winds that came through our area last night ripped off the roof off of the building right there. so we have two confirmed fataliies like you mentioned, alex, and several injured to varying degrees, one person who had to be flown out of here to an area hospital in st. louis. police say they are still trying to get an official count of people who were in the building at the time. one problem that they re having is some workers left on their own accord, and police are in the process of trying to track them down now. here s one amazon worker at this facility out here. the front corner of the building was still intact, butt the back corner of the building onto the right side was caved in. so i waited in my van around like 30 minutes and then they told us to com
and santa fe avenue on 19th street. it is over those neighborhoods right now. and it is going for the warren theater in i-35. folks, you are literally out of time. you need to be where you are with your mobile device watching us on line in an area that is of substantial safety. car won t do it. interior closet or bathroom will not do it. the inflow of this thing, the feeder band is lowered. this thing is sucking us in at about 47, 50 miles an hour. it s pulling it right to us. this thing is on the ground, grinding, ripping everything up. get in your tornado shelter area right now. u you can see those very intense pattern flashes. we re starting to hear some noise over the helicopter.