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The third longest highway in the united states, goes from california to the coast of north carolina, parts of i-40 that went through this region so damaged, so much debris left on the ground that they had to shut down the highway in both directions. the initial reports are -- reports of this tornado will put the damage in line with what would be considered an ef3, winds up to 165 miles per hour, possibly an ef4 in place here as well. and what's incredible about this, natalie, we've gone -- i'm sorry, rosemary, we've gone so many months with no tornadoes, no significant tornadoes to speak of in...

Lives in may mayflower, the falts are everywhere. the buildings are shattered, nails are everywhere. more people can get hurt after the storm than during the storm if they're not very careful. now, minor injuries -- we do believe now that most of the power has been shut off. for a while a lot of the power lines were full. i'm going to be very careful moving through here because of the nails and everything else. here is the electrical box for this building, all the conduit. a big structure, a very sturdy structure completely destroyed. we know that -- i'm probably saying this is f 3 damage beca...

Vehicles are lifted off the ground and unanchored homes are swept away, all of it consistent with a devastating tornado. and guys, i often talk about this because john, only in the countries of bangladesh, across portions of argentina and brazil and the united states all the ingredients come together to produce tornadoes at this scale, of ef3 or greater. and this is the time of the year they begin to happen and that's exactly what we've seen. >> we've got a couple hours before daylight, about three hours i guess in much of that area in the south, which has been hit. we also just have some new ...

State now at least 16. look at this damage. this is an rv store or was. it looks like it was hit by a bomb. vehicles flipped on their underside piled everywhere. back here we have a huge tow truck. this is the kind of tow truck that would tow semis and heavy trucks. the debris has been blown in a pile. this is not just basic debris. this is huge pieces of steel work and iron back here. this is at least an ef-3. that would put the winds 150 miles an hour. on the top end, it could be even stronger. then you go downwind and downstream and the tornado's next stop was velonia. this town had the las...

Hours, and easily ef-3, and looking at some the pictures it is ef-4 or ef-5, and those are ek extremely rare, because not one in arkansas since the 1920s , and that is how rarified air we are looking at. today, 20 million people are at risk of severe weather from nashville to jackson, mississippi s the area of greatest threat of tornadoes and strong tornadoes. this is zoomed in. i am timing 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. is the greatest risk of this area. so from jackson to memphis, and tupelo, and jackson, tennessee to the northwestern sections of birmingham. if you are not in the red, it does not m...