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A really dangerous afternoon and evening of tornados. in fact you can see large area highlighted here in red. and all of these areas we are under a tornado watch. so big concerns through area. that means conditions are ripe for it. but also as we zero in in in a few places you can note the red outlines here. we've got a lot of warnings. we've been seeing a lot across missouri. we've also had reports of people that have spotted tornadoes on the ground. sedalia, for example, we've been seeing that. to the southwest of kansas city. so a lot of activity already and the day is young. we are expecti...

Dealing with near-freezing temperatures and little food, water or heat. almost 500,000 people are living in temporary shelters. weather experts are advising the international atomic energy agency saying winds were r. blowing towards tokyo and over the pacific ocean. u.s. energy secretary steven chu says americans should not be concerned about their health. heather tesh joins me with where the wins are going at this point. where is your focus? from all accounts, at least today, the wind is helping, if you will. >> you know it really is. as you look here, they have shifted, the winds, out of t...

Who are sick. they are most at risk in these kind of temperatures. the very young and the very old. sometimes children won't tell you exactly how bad they feel. i've seen people walking with their babies in chargarriagharg head is covered but the legs are dangling getting hot in the sun. while i'm covered as far as my face my legs are burning up out here. make certain you're watching what's happening with the very young, the very old. we want to make certain too to remind people to check in on those folks who may not be able to get out. you think well, they're inside and being taken care of. b...

Streamed in to help out, trying to pick through and see if they can salvage anything. the season continues to ramp up. we've already had 53 fatal twisters. 53 killer tornadoes as of last night and early this morning. that's more than double the average of 24. we've already had severe weather today. tornados reported tornadoes causing damage in parts of illinois. lunchtime a twister sighted on the ground in overland park, kansas, western suburb of kansas city. there will be more storms and severe weather this afternoon, tornado watches in effect until 9:00 for st. louis. as we follow the severe...

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