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Major interstates that crisscross oklahoma, one north to south, one east to west and they were jam packed with cars. and they couldn't move because they were so bad and it was terrible, the weather raining so hard, it was hailing, wind was blowing, people were stung on the highways and we had some tornadoes coming within the vicinity. of course, we lost nine people. i don't know all the details yet on some of the deaths but we do know we lost them on the i-40 interstate. >> governor, what could you tell us about the number of folks who still don't have power and also perhaps maybe even the num...

Power doubt out to thousands and ring the roof off this storm in a st. louis suburb. damage and destruction as tornado alley, once again, lived up to its name. trying to get back to normal here in oklahoma city the airport has reopened but a number of events canceled. like we said, the floodwaters are going to continue to be problem and again this afternoon, there is the threat, smaller, but the threat exists, of more storms. craig, back to you. >> janet shamlian on the ground for must oklahoma city. janet, thanks to you. the salvation army, they have 250 people on the ground in oklahoma and...

How does that compare to the damage you saw on may 20th, 21st 22nd in moore, oklahoma? >> a good question. moore was more of an urban area, everything was closely packed together you had a bank next a movie theater next to a home, really easy to get an idea of just how bad the damage s here, we are much more drawn out. we don't have as many homes packed close together, don't have the damage. the damage still is very, very bad but it doesn't camp pair to moore vish any terms of seeing so much damage just by turning right to left. >> nbc's sarah daloff on the ground for us there in union city, o...

Of hurricane season as well. joining me live now, joy reed of the grio. joy, let me start with you. your experience in florida gives you no stranger to disasters. the sequester cut billions from transtort portation repair funding. 7% of noaa a's budget, which tracks the storms. do storms like these change the conversation in washington? >> they change the conversation for senators and congressmen from the states were these things happen. it change it is for them. if you are from florida, want to run in florida hurricanes is the thing. it brings them in contact with government and what governme...

The hail is on the north side. if you look at a tornado from the north, all you're going to see is hail. if you look from the west, all you'll see is rain from the back. i'm looking at it direct from the southeast. the tornado still on the ground about a mile, mile and a half south of i-40. it could possibly even cross over i-40. maybe toward that chisolm trail park. i'm probably within four miles, i think, of the circulation of the downtown ucon area. if you're in the ucon area, you need to be taking cover right now. the storm is very, very dangerous. >> how far are you from moore, oklahoma? ...