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Entire business district splintered into strap metal. the livelihood of men and women torn down with it. george howell is in pilger. as people there try to put their lives back together, how are they doing today? it must it be awful. >> jake, you look around and you get a sense it's going to be a day by day affair. this was a big system. i've covered a lot of these but this was a big storm to hit such a small town. there is pilger, nebraska, what's left it of it. you see a lot of damage and devastation. let's get up close and personal. i didn't arrange these. you see these flivs and then pan o...

Airport. you could feel the earth shaking. it was incredible. >> devastation followed. what can you tell us you have seen and experienced since? >> in pilger. >> like i said, we had no idea that pilger had been hit but i did hear there was a lot of devastation there. i heard some homes were levels. we were talking with a family at the restaurant we were eating at and they said they had gone in their basement and the tornado took their whole house. it lifted it off the foundation and completely destroyed it. the parts we came on, there were trees. the bark there with huge pieces of grain equipm...

Where the small town that came between them in their path of destruction. >> one started over here and they just both headed down. >> it would be a direct hit. >> hard to remember where everything was because when you come to town, you knew where everybody lived. and all that. but now, you can't even tell where your old neighborhood was. >> i know nebraskians. we're resilient. we're going to rebuild. this town's too tough to die, right. >> the governor toured the debris field in pilger, nebraska, talked with folks and reiterating several times the town's motto, a town that's too tough to die. ...

>> i hope we're taking shelter! >> the rare twin tornadoes about a mile apart spinning side by side in pilger, nebraska. at least two people are dead, including a five-year-old child. dozens more remain hurt. >> more than half the town of pilger is gone. you can see tractors flip, roofs of homes blown right off. there is farm equipment right there. this morning, residents return to the scene to try to pick up the pieces. joining us on the phone is the guy who took some of the video, storm chaser chris mcbee. good morning to you, chris. >> good morning. >> these images of these tornadoes, i mea...

The sirens went off. so we were safe. we felt we were safe. >> residents here know that rebuilding will take some time. ryan hauf is just thankful that his parents and his dog survived. >> that's about all i was concerned about for right now because that's about all i got left. >> it's a tough situation. you know, our photojournalist jake carpenter showing you this tree. the thing about it, when he these storms come through, it's amazing to see how powerful the wind is to rip the green off all these trees and leave behind the devastation you see her. within the next couple hours they're going ...