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it is tuesday, may 24th. we're getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we're talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. >> good morning. what are you seeing there? >> good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it's a good morning in joplin. it simply isn't. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let's begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that...

April 48 killer tornadoes, 361 people killed then. may so far two and at least 116 killed in joplin, missouri tonight. as it plays out, it is a horrible, horrible thing. the scale you'll hear, is it a 1, 2, 3, or 4? 0 is 60 to 85 miles an hour. that's the ef scale. this storm was up here, 166 to 200. it is a 4. a 5 would be over 200, massive winds. in joplin, missouri, the national weather service warns there is a 47% chance of another tornado outbreak in missouri tomorrow. chad, 45% chance, show us the areas most at risk. >> yeah, it's all set up again, john, for tomorrow. and we're even seei...

race against the odds tonight, hoping to find survivors in the rubble. and there's this, a forecast warning of more tornadoes and severe weather across the midwest tomorrow and joplin is again in the danger zone. jackqui jeras is in joplin and gives us the very latest on this stunning stunning tornado. >> reporter: people are in search and rescue mode and the best news we have heard today is that seven people have been found alive, so seven survivors in joplin, missouri and that search and rescue is the big focus, and they say it's going to be a number of days that they're going to c...

Was. give me historical perspective on a storm that strong? >> no problem, t.j. when we refer to the ef scale, that is basically a scale based upon damage for tornadoes, and it's called the enhanced fujita scale, ef 0 to ef-5, most tornadoes fall in the range of ef 0 to ef-3 which can cause damage but they're usually very weak, don't last long, only a few seconds they dissipate. rarely will you have the stronger tornadoes, the ef-4 or 5s and those are incomprehensible damage, especially the ef-5s, it's difficult for the atmosphere to provide the kind of energy needed it create these powerful t...

Rolled through this area. lives forever are going to be changed from this. >> we're going to share video with our viewers here. let's roll some of this video. i want to ask you about it as we look at it. one of the things we hear about ef-5, we know that's the strongest out there. how rare are these types of storms that are this strong and also, we hear that this one was on the ground for so long and just cut a straight path. how odd is that as well? >> okay. i'll give you some numbers. these are going to be harsh. since 2007, we've had two, two ef-5s and that's not just here in the united sta...