named storm of the pre-hurricane season sub tropical ana has formed off the carolina coast, but back to the plains. take a look at this incredible video from norman oklahoma it was taken late wednesday. it shows the immense power of the storm blowing over trees in front of a home there. viewer who took this video was safe inside a storm shelter across the street. nbc news meteorologist dylan dreyer is in oklahoma. dylan, good morning. reporter: hi, jose. to get here to bridge creek, oklahoma, i flew into dallas-ft. worth airport, i took 35 north to get here and it was a dangerous drive. lightning was so vivid at times it was almost blinding. yesterday was day two of a severe weather outbreak and it s possible that the worst is yet to come. overnight it was texas under the gun. that s lifting in there. reporter: a line of dangerous storms moved into the dallas area just as i was driving through, reporting for the
way, in some cases it will take months, but many residents say they are not going anywhere. we re going to stay out here. this is our home. if it hits again, it hits again. reporter: the survival stories we re hearing across this area are amazing, from wednesday night s storm and some of the storms we saw on thursday. this home here a family of five lived here and the parents and their three little children naturally went into their storm shelter wednesday night when the storms hit, but what s amazing is the door shut debris fell on top of it and the latch trapped them inside their own storm shelter as water and gas was rushing in. fortunately, a neighbor from next door came and rescued the family. they are 100% safe at this time. we are looking for another round of severe storms later on today, then on saturday before the threat moves eastward into the midwest by sunday. jose? dylan, thank you very much. and more now on the sub tropical ana swirling off the
however, what happened was the storm door closed and then debris fell on top of the door itself trapping the family inside their own storm shelter. water started rushing in gas leak within this garage gas started rushing in. thankfully a neighbor came and rescued the family. they are totally safe at this time. that s another one of the dangers of these storm doors. now we are looking for another round of severe storms in this exact area to develop later today and again on saturday before it moves east into the midwest as we go into sunday. but you ll hear a lot of stories like this come up. thankfully we re not hearing a lot about deaths it s more just the destruction and now the people that need to clean up all of this mess. jose? dylan dreyer thank you very much. i want to bring in bill karins. bill, good morning. the areas of the plains are really at risk again, right? it s a good reason why people have those tornado shelters in their backyards or garage like you saw there. fo
be done. several tornados were reported across texas yesterday. this is video of one of them sweeping across denton county. we ve learned a 42-year-old woman drowned in an underground storm shelter after a tornado tore through oklahoma city on wednesday. nbc meteorologist bail karins is tracking the storms right now. but we start with nbc meteorologist dylan drier live on the ground in oklahoma. dylan, how are things looking right now? jose yesterday we didn t have severe storms in oklahoma they were down into texas but it s time to assess the damage and you can see this home here a brick house completely demolished because of the storms from wednesday night. it s time to talk about the stories of survival because those are the amazing stories you hear about. but you just pointed out those storm shelters and they can be dangerous. the family that lives here is a family of five with three little kids who went into their storm shelter at the height of the storms which is what you sho
nbc s jay gray has more from oklahoma. reporter: a string of violent tornadoes. it s been a very long night and long day yesterday. reporter: there were reports of at least 51 twisters across oklahoma nebraska and north texas. a dozen people injured at least five still in critical condition after this rv park took a direct hit. fire chief describes the delicate rescue of one of the survivors there. a young man that was trapped under one of these rv units, a little bit more than extensive operation requiring some special equipment. air bags and so forth. in some neighborhoods, it was the wind and others the water, that caused the most serious problems. as much as inches of rain in some areas swallowing communities. a 42-year-old woman drowned when her underground storm shelter filled with rain.