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Both briarwood and plaza towers, in the rebuilding process, there will be additional dollars from fema to help us with that. fortunately, on the may 3, '99 tornado, we sustained severe damage at west more high school, lost another elementary, kelly elementary, and when we rebuilt those, fema attached money to put in safe rooms. >> older schools not knocked out in the storm room, would you support going through older schools and making sure there are older shelters there. >> we currently do that year by year with our -- with the city of moore. we have safety management that comes in, tells us w...

Downpours here, and the wind is kicking up, and the water is just streaming down the streets behind me. i think you just saw a flash of lightning here too. the storms really bad. it was forecast, people knew this was coming, severe front moving through here. this is not what people need here in moore, oklahoma this morning. they are trying to pick through the pieces, clear the rubble, find anything they can in broken down homes around me right now. and everything is just getting soaked. not even safe for people to be out in cars driving around right now until this storm passes through. you can...

Severe weather hitting oklahoma right now. john berman who is live on the ground there, we've lost his shot because of the severe weather that's moving through. for the latest on this incoming storm is our petersons. it's raining real hard and lost our shot. you've got it on the map. >> now a severe thunderstorm warning in the area. look at the cells developing quickly. notice all the lightning. definitely some cells out there. one is moving 35 miles per hour. the potential is out there for a half dollar size hail. so again, keep in mind, we're not just talking about rain, potential for hail. ...

Huddled under a tent. there they are. a picture of what's going on here. it's a mess. but it's good, when the rain stops, and it will stop today, the recovery in moore, oklahoma, will continue. >> all right. john berman. thank you so much. we'll check in with you in a few minutes, hopefully some of the weather might have passed and we'll get a proper live shot. nice work on the fly. we'll be back, right after the break.

Officially over, and emergency crews shifting into full recovery mode. here is the latest. we have now learned that 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in this storm. thousands of people are waking up this morning, homeless. state insurance officials tell us claims are expected to top $2 billion. plus, today was supposed to be the last day of school in moore, oklahoma. today the kids at plaza elementary -- plaza towers elementary were supposed to attend an end of the year talent show. instead, students will say good-bye to teachers for the summer. the funeral for an tonighta candelera is ...