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Bracing for more strong winds and heavy rain after a nist floods and power outages. this is from coastal oregon. a pair of tornadoes touchdown. forecasters are warning things could get worse today. joe fryar is in seattle where hundreds have lost power. what are the conditions out there like? >> good morning. right now this is sort of the calm between the storms. the pacific northwest is bracing for a strong blast with very destructive winds that are expected to come later on today. this is real...

>> reporter: this ominous sight is a wedge tornado, rolling in to northern mississippi. tupelo station, wtva was on the air when the tornado touched down. >> were still on the air. >> reporter: the twister left a trail of destruction. in arkansas, homes and lives were tossed upside down after a powerful tornado tore through on sunday. >> we need to go around the back. >> some residents returned to their neighborhoods where their homes once stood. families sifting through the debris, salvaging wh...

Fatality which is actually further southern illinois. so significant damage statewide. several communities are impacted. and really it cut a swathe through the state that was almost 200 miles long. so very, very significant. >> i want to make sure i understand that correctly. you come confirm there have been ten tornadoes touchdown? >> thats right, thats what we confirmed with the national weather service and the expectation is as we dig through the additional reports, likely that will increase....

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Flipped it and it was only with a little warning. >> power cut off. it it wouldnt have i would have never heard the tornado. something sounded like a mack truck and i jumped up and i seen a piece of tin about 100 feet in the air. i knew something wasnt right. >> i looked and i said get in the hall. so we sat down in the hall and just held each other and then we were sitting on top of all that when it was over. >> the family plans to rebuild with help from friends and neighbors. tough time, rob...

Vagueds getting in the way of snow and it will be cool in san francisco and 64 in los angeles and nice in 70 in d.c. and 72 degrees expected in kansas city and this storm coming through the west coast and once it get to the rockies over the next day or two and it will eject in the plains. there should be enough twist and lift and juice to get this into severe weather category to thursday, friday, maybe even into saturday and we havent seen much of this. as a matter of fact, the storm prediction ...

>> reporter: tonight, that severe weather outbreak in full swing, hammering the heartland. >> tornado back on the ground, there you can see it, right there. >> reporter: at least 20 reported tornadoes across three states from this system already. >> its on the ground. >> reporter: including this massive ef-3 twister in ottawa county, kansas. winds up to 140 miles an hour. a half-mile wide. and on the ground for more than 14 miles. lightning in the area sparking this house fire. storms packed wit...