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When you get this ef-3 potential. it was in the air yesterday. the humidity was there. the cold air is in place. obviously, it has been snowing in boston all night long. that's the cold air, the warm air. you need the clash to get this type of weather and it was in place. i know the chasers said it is still too early for -- this is a brand new tornado alley. this is exactly the time of year that we need be very cosh world series it. many times these storms will continue into the overnight and dark hours when people go to sleep and they don't expect them. they don't hear the sirens. they were a...

The county town. it looks like the toll could rise and it's definitely something people are keeping an eye on around here. >> earlier the national weather service tweeted out first tornado to impact lee county today was at least an ef3 and at least half a mile wide. an ef3 means wind speeds up to 165 miles per hour. can you describe just how much damage has been done by a twister which is that strong and that wide? >> i was not able to go to the beauregard area but from the pictures and what the rest of our team has sent back that small country town, it looks totally decimated. i went out to t...

Bad as this in terms of loss of life? >> definitely not in lee county. this is probably one of the worst natural disasters, tornado events in the area. like we said, it's just the death toll is continuing to rise. it seems the area went through a park kind of area in the town, so it looks like the toll could rise, and it's definitely something people are keeping an eye on around here. >> earlier the national weather service tweeted out the first tornado to impact lee county today was at least an ef-3. can you describe how much damage has been done by a twister which is that strong and that wid...

Lacerations, lots of broken bones, lots of contusions. >> reporter: and david, investigators tell abc news tonight they are considering all factors, including whether fatigue played a role in this tragic crash. david? >> all right, marcus, thank you. we are also monitoring a major new storm system tonight set to sweep across the country from the west, all the way to the east coast. we have the new track tonight. and it comes after a deadly tornado outbreak in the middle of the country. more than two dozen twisters reported in four states. this one in bluff city, illinois. abc's alex perez is...

Debris. look inside the ef-3 tornado that devastated downtown marshalltown. 144-mile-an-hour winds right there. just stunning. in pella, 143-mile-an-hour winds shattering cars and building parts twisted together there. abc's marcus moore tonight in the storm zone just as millions more now brace for tornadoes and storms tonight. >> reporter: tonight severe weather on the move. this apparent tornado touching down west of louisville. multiple homes damaged. the same system spawning dozens of reported twisters thursday. >> right over our house, and then there is a full-fledged tornado over there n...