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Ef-5. the national weather service does need to go out and survey that damage to indicate whether or not it was of strength. looking at may flower, you see that pink there. this morning, the concern is still there. we're talking about currently tornado watch boxes out towards memphis, just ahead of jackson, out towards alexandria. we're still looking for it to ramp up even through the afternoon. why? we have the dry moisture and system making its way across. but notice another moderate risk area is out there. heightened risk from huntsville, down through jackson. and this threat continues even...

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...

Fire right back at those firefighters. 19 died that day. the largest loss in firefighters since 9/11. to east asia, very populated area here, shanghai into shemanto, japan. shemanto to 106 degrees. no european city has been that hot on any day any summer as long as they were keeping records. in oklahoma city, an ef-5 headed to moore, oklahoma. moore, oklahoma, right here. and it was coming right in from the west and we knew it was moving into a populated area. we watched it live on cnn from our local affiliates and broadcast it live to the world. and that school is plaza towers. it took a dire...

Oklahoma city, 210-mile-per-hour tornado, an ef-5 headed to moore, oklahoma. moore, oklahoma, right here, and it was coming in from the west. and we knew it was moving into a populated area. we watched it live on cnn from our local affiliates and broadcast it live to the world. and that school is plaza towers. it took a direct hit. seven children were killed in that school. but look at the damage that that school had. now, on to el ren oh. i was there 11 days later. this is a 2.6-mile wide tornado that moved to the southeast for a while. but when it got very strong, almost 300 miles per hour w...

Paduca and into kokomo. as a result, already five fatalities reported with that. this is interstate 64, where we had a report in washington county, several fatalities, widespread damage. then we move up a little further towards the north, and this is the severe storm that spawned the tornado that moved from pekin to washington. widespread damage reported there. when they look at the damage, they will give it an ef number. the higher the number, the worse the damage. ef-5 would mean total destruction. we have already seen one report of a tornado that was estimated to be an ef-4, meaning the win...