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Trotting. >> amy kellogg live in rome with a recap of today's historic events. thank you, amy. parts of north carolina cleaning up this morning with more than 200 homes destroyed in the tornado that touched down there on friday. 16 people were hurt. a tornado was also confirmed in pitt county. it will be another dangerous day. we'll check in with rick on the latest on that. >> interesting the tornado in north carolina, it was the first ef-3 tornado. >> what does that mean? >> how strong they are, they are rated on an ef-0 to ef5. ef-5 is the strongest tornado. we have not had any ef-3s so fa...

They say there is now what they call a pds, particularly dangerous situation tornado watch? >> i think this is something the weather service has done very wisely. we have different categories of even tornado warnings. you hear the word tornado emergency. you'll hear of this particularly dangerous situation. which means they believe there will be large and dangerous tornadoes, ef-3s and possibly even bigger up to the 200-mile-per-hour ef-5 tornado potential in any one of these cells that decides to rotate by itself and not link up to another cell. and the potential, the pds watch is the one ste...

Erie, some wind damage happening there. a new tornado watch box that close from columbus, ohio to mississippi. this is going to go all night long and these storms are still rotating. we've had 72 reports today, anderson, of tornadoes. small tornadoes. this is an outbreak. this is not a small day for tornadoes, but the tornados have been small. they haven't been 150, they haven't been 200 miles per hour, they haven't been ef-3s and 4s or 5s. we had one earlier in sedalia, missouri, and that was an f-2. there were some roofs that were missing but no one lost their lives. everything was still the...

>> all the way from almost buffalo, new york to austin, texas. they're not all tornadoes, but we have east of cleveland to erie, some wind damage happening there by thunderstorms. a new tornado watch box that close from columbus, ohio to mississippi. this is going to go all night long and these storms are still rotating. many of them have been on the ground. we've had 72 reports today, anderson, of tornadoes. small tornadoes. this is an outbreak. don't get me wrong. this is not a small day for tornadoes, but the tornados have been small. they haven't been 150, they haven't been 200 miles per h...

Many of them have been on the ground. we've had 72 reports today, anderson, of tornadoes. small tornadoes. this is an outbreak. don't get me wrong. this is not a small day for tornadoes, but the tornados have been small. they haven't been 150, they haven't been 200 miles per hour, they haven't been ef-3s and 4s or 5s. they've been manageable. even tornadoes, we had one earlier in sedalia, missouri. that was about an f-2. probably 110 miles per hour. there was some roofs missing but no one lost their lives. everything was still there. if you were inside, you were safe. this is a typical day. wh...