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It makes a difference. >> reporter: it makes a difference. these were moving at 55 miles per hour, so fast out there that the time, we only had ten minutes from the time the warning came out to the time this thing impacted the region. keep in mind, we are talking 500 reports of wind damage as high as 85 miles per hour. sunday's dramatic tornado outbreak is one for the record box. 81 reported tornado across ten states, initial estimates show this monster storm cycle produced at least one ef-4 tornado touching down in illinois. it would be the first ever recorded in the state's history of novemb...

Of pioria. it looks as if from what we can tell from the tracks of this, with downed trees, the downed power lines and the major, structural damage is that a tornado apparently moved from pecan to the southern or southeastern suburbs and then towards washington, indiana. and there you can better believe that the people here are in stunned silence because of the spoke of this fierce weather system that is now responsible for some 54 reports of tornadoes. some of those confirmed, some, the national weather service, the local, national weather service will have to go out and e evaluate. when you ...

Displaced there. meteorologist indra petersons is here with this really sad pictures. >> it really is. we were talking who calls it similar to being a tornado? that is what it was like an ef-5 tornado and it's over your house for seconds and continues to move on. >> they said it was four hours long. >> this stays in place and exactly what it is. another system in the area today. from the morning center it is a high risk. the philippines have their own governmental agency and named this tropical depression zoraida. we are talking about from 6 to 10 inches of additional rains. winds about 35 mil...

Regions. they're sending individual representatives on motor bikes to get over damaged roads to try to reach them. the government has sent two battalions of troops to one of these cities to try to help bolster the relief effort and they're also even going to send a navy ship to help evacuate some of the people from that devastated city, the people desperate to get out from that shattered city. >> one of the reasons, probably the biggest region in a place they're having such difficulty is this is like something they have never seen before. let's go to indra peterson. what do we know? >> exactly...

To get the supplies into this airport and try to clear bottleneck and get it to those who desperately need it. what crucial thing is they will be making this a 24 hour-hour operation d. marines will be lighting the runway and putting in radar. so basically, the operation could continue through the night. whereas at the moment the helicopters stop when it gets dark, so this is very good news for those who are still desperately waiting for food and water. chris, back to you. >> thank you very much for the reporting from the ground. we will continue with what made it the big storm. the anatomy of...