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As they clean up from several tornadoes thursday night. the twister that devastated the small town of fairdale has been initially rated now an ef-4 by the national weather service. that's the second-most powerful rating with winds up to 200 miles per hour. two women who were neighbors died in their homes and dozens of other homes were destroyed or severely damaged. nick valencia is in fairdale. nick you actually met a woman who lost her home, and facebook ended up really being her salvation. in what way? >> reporter: yeah the salvation of social media. lauren hinchey thought she lost everythin...

Tornado. this particular than we're discussing, the one that you just saw a moment ago from the man reporting live from -- reporting on the field was actually rated an ef4. the enhanced fujita scale. this was actually a vision of dr. ted fujita who studied the effects of damage from tornadoes and associated them with wind gust. it is next to impossible to know the exact winds inside of a tornado. any kind of instruments like an anomometer that measures wind gust would literally be destroyed by winds in excess of 322 kilometers per hour. here's the damage attributed to that strong of wind. deva...

What a mess to clean up? >> reporter: well, alex this is all that is left of a popular restaurant where diners not only heard the tornado sirens but saw the tornado coming. they actually took shelter down here in the basement of the building which probably saved their lives. a dozen lives likely saved because of that warning. it took first responders about an hour and a half to get the peel out of here. but just down the road in tiny fairdale, too small for a warning system. they didn't fair so well. >> it was what meteorologists call can an ef-4. a tornado packing sustained winds of up to 200...

The fairdale region. you can see that very distinct path. these tornados have been known to rip off asphalt and pavement straight off the ground. come back to my computer graphics you can see the enhance said scale. an ef-4 which is attributed to what you saw. devastating damage that took place. that is what the national weather service classified this tornado as. that means winds up to 322 kilometers per hour. it is almost next to impossible to physically measure the wind inside a tornado. you have to have this enhanced scale to be able to assess that. we have a chance of severe weather this ...

>> tons of foods donated. so if you're hungry please stop and get something. >> reporter: her small farmhouse may be uninhabitable for now, but she has plans to rebuild. >> it's kind of okay for now because the roof is still -- there is something over the top. >> reporter: hinchey wasn't home at the time of the tornado. but her husband was. >> how long have you guys been here? >> about 17 years. 18 years, i guess. >> reporter: long enough to form some pretty strong bonds with people who want to help. >> pretty neat, really. >> reporter: back here on this block in fairdale residents are slowly ...