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>> we went two, three hours with no tornado warnings. now new tornado warnings for missouri, they are coming out of the ozarks. pretty much an unpopulated rural area, but now going up through interstate 44, going to salem. sullivan, union, and then st. louis. in about an hour to two hours from now, we could have serious storms going through st. louis towards the morning rush hour. let's hope these weaken. today's threat area, over the top of st. louis. we don't have a high risk like yesterday. later they could upgrade them. right now it's a large, moderate risk. we have another severe weather ...

What we know now is mostly what happened during the daylight hours, that's the oklahoma stuff. that's where we have the amazing pictures from. we had one of the worst storms to go through the dalls/ft. worth in the last four, five years. and we have not seen the pictures from there yet because we don't have the sun up. also overnight, arkansas was hit hard. i'm afraid of what the pictures will look like from arkansas. we are talking small towns. we don't have another joplin or another tuscaloosa, but a lot of small towns in oklahoma, texas and missouri with significant damage and small towns t...

thanks so much for being with us on this wednesday. good to see everybody this morning. you know the pictures are coming in, new pictures, and the devastation, continues for the midwest. >> that's right. ali velshi in joplin, missouri, where they had a harrowing night. hi, ali. >> good morning, christine, kiran, it is a better morning here. people counting their blessings. a near miss last night in joplin, missouri. everyone taking shelter and bracing for another twister that thanchgfully never came. this city, as you know, is reeling. 48 hours after the deadliest tornado in recorded...

Being roar ific. there are reports, as you mentioned, the hospital, st. john's medical center there, there's a gas leak in the area. they're concerned there could potentially be an explosion. there have been a number of life flight helicopters trying to get in and out of there to protect these people as well. a large scale search and rescue is going on. neighbors are trying to help each other. people are missing. they're trying to get through that rubble and help anybody who might be trapped in this situation. this is also very near interstate 44. there have been a number of reports of people ...

>> is there any specific area that suffered the most fatalities like any apartment building or any neighborhoods? >> i don't think you can single out any one area. the entire path of the tornado it took through town has just basically devastated the central portion of joplin. i don't think i can pick one area that's more devastated than the other. >> [ inaudible ]. >> yes. it's my understanding there were about ten semis overturned in the area of about the 11 mile-marker of interstate 44 with minimal injuries at those locations. >> fatalities of the walmart and home depot? >> i don't have any ...