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71 Highway back open at 22nd Street after five-vehicle crash Minor injuries have been reported Share Updated: 9:17 AM CST Feb 15, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Minor injuries have been reported Share Updated: 9:17 AM CST Feb 15, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff Emergency crews were forced to close the northbound lanes of 71 Highway after a large crash near 22nd Street this morning.Kansas City Police said the crash happened around 7:3...

>> there was not much warning. we were at a little different vantage point. as i said, we were in behind the rain curtains and hail was pretty intense at that point. once we got up onto the intersection of u.s. 71, of course, thats when we started seeing all the damage. it was maybe a mile to two miles ahead of us at that point. >> how long did this go on, steve? how quickly did it take this system to run through there and rip up these homes and cause so much damage? >> i would say under ten min...

>> yes, it is. >> a powerful continue doe levelled a big part of joplin, missouri and some of the worst damage is sadly at the st. johns hospital and the surrounding neighborhood. very an i-reporter on the ground. her name is bethany scutti at the hospital making her way. our jacqui jeras has new information. >> checking with some our of affiliates around the area and katv in oklahoma is reporting theres 24 fatalities in joplin from this tornado. they are also telling us that about 100 homes and...

Torn to smithereens someone who lived and seen the damage up close, bethy, living about ten miles away, married with kids, she and her husband and kids got to safety somehow. now she has made it to st. johns hospital. we want to say st. johns hospital being evacuated because it was hit. theyre setting up a sort of satellite mobile facility to deal with patients. are you with us? >> yes, i am. >> so, explain to us -- i know youre at the hospital now. youre about to -- >> i am walking -- i can fin...

Figure out what the next plan of -- you know, we were actually going to do at this point. once we pulled over, we opened the window for just a second. we heard a hissing sound. i looked over and i could see it coming out of this large propane tank i guess they fill, you know, propane vehicles with. >> yeah. im being told, too, you mentioned i-44, that you were on the interstate, closed because of damage in that area. a lot of people are having to exit the interstate. you said it came out of nowh...

Were unable to see that. it was shrouded in rain and the hail core. it was maybe a mile to two miles ahead of us from our software we were using. >> i know its difficult to see in terms of how widespread the damage is, but what are you hearing in terms of how much of the town is devastated or how many miles this thing may have traveled? at least from what im hearing anywhere from three to five miles long damage path. nearer the hospital, complete devastation. theres several homes that were there...

Corner of your screen, thats what we would call a debris ball. so when something like that shows up on your radar, that tells you this is picking up pieces of buildings, picks up trees and causing major devastation. so, thats what the radar image looks like when that tornado was moving through job lynn just a couple of hours ago. i know, don, weve been in touch with some of our affiliates, communication, as i said, is limited out of joplin. we dont have satellite capabilities out of joplin so ou...

71. thats where we want to get. >> okay. >> so, there you have it. those are some of the newest images. more coming in. steve polley, the man who shot that video, a storm chaser. he joins us now. steve, i want you to explain to us what was happened. you said you heard a hissing sound and it was a propane tank that was leaking, spewing propane out. after we talk to you i want to go to our meteorologists and get what they think when they see this video. talk to me, steve. >> well, what we actually...

>> okay. hey, steve, will you just hold on real quickly? ? we appreciate you helping us out here. i want to bring in ray foreman, a meteorologist at kode in joplin, missouri. again, a meteorologist there. hey, ray, thanks for joining us. don lemon here, jacqui jeras our other meteorologist a long with chad myers. bring us up to date on the situation where you are. >> well, this was actually a devastating tornado. it seemed as though most of the path, the damage path, goes right through the heart...