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History. but just in surveying the damage, i would say it's probably worse. it's sernlly worse in terms of loss of life. we lost 42 people back in '99. but they wmpbt all in moore. that particular tor nado was actually on the ground longer than this one. but this one, the devastation is much more located. we have other devastation districts. so in terms of loss of life and structural damage, i have to say that this is much more worse for moore. >> we're looking at live pictures that have just come in. seven children confirmed dead, but many more believed to be still under the rubble there. we ...

Is growing. it's expected to grow exponentially. we have been focusing on several elementary schools in moore, specifically the plaza towers elementary. that's where 75 students and faculty took shelter. that school was completely leveled, wiped to the foundation. we witnessed rescuers pulling children trapped beneath the debris. third graders mainly. we were hearing that first, second and third graders, possibly kindergartners as well, those students were not bussed from the school, minutes before the tornado hit the older children were bussed to a nearby church that was out of the way of the...

The rubble is fine. >> reporter: what were you able to get here? >> a wonderful lady came by and said is this yours and this is a picture of our two daughters when they were babies. it's a very old picture, obviously. they're wearing dresses that my mom made for them. so it's a very special picture. we'll get it restored. >> reporter: sometimes it's the simple things that make a difference in times like this. you rode out the storm too, buddy, huh? was it scary? what was it like? >> it was like a big tornado tore up the whole place. >> reporter: you're a tough one for sticking it out. >> yep. ...

Air, it doesn't come in symmetrically so it starts to spin. this enormous storm. the question is if it's four times or let's say two and a half times as wide as the storm in 1999, does that have -- does it have ten times the energy and is that the future. then what are we going to do in the midwest? >> let's take a quick break. i want to talk to you more about is this the future. many people are saying after hurricane sandy in new york and now this, people are saying what is going on with the weather. we'll come back and also have more on the search for survivors in moore, oklahoma. [ jake ] s...

Received so far. we have plenty of help on scene at this time. i want to thank the red cross, the salvation army, everyone that's been involved so far and i especially want to thank the citizens for being so understanding with us. we are getting ever where we can, as fast as we can. we will do everything we can to help the citizens of this community. thank you. >> i'm jerry stillings, chief of police here in moore. i'd just like to reiterate that our thoughts and prayers are with those individuals who have been affected by this storm in moore, oklahoma city and everywhere. as far as the police...