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Along range line road, highways 37 and 96 were demolished. st. john's hospital, of course, took a direct hit a long with walgreens, a home depot, several other locations. tell us about this area. what does it look like if you're driving through there? >> really -- you know, when you come up onto it and different points -- parts of it, it's unrecognizable. there are different parts of town that have taken less -- you know, had less of an impact of the damage path. like i say, we pulled into what was a flying j truck stop. you could tell it was a truck stop but there was significant damage there...

Figure out what the next plan of -- you know, we were actually going to do at this point. once we pulled over, we opened the window for just a second. we heard a hissing sound. i looked over and i could see it coming out of this large propane tank i guess they fill, you know, propane vehicles with. >> yeah. i'm being told, too, you mentioned i-44, that you were on the interstate, closed because of damage in that area. a lot of people are having to exit the interstate. you said it came out of nowhere. especially if you're driving, you may just drive into this system. so, jacqui, as you're looki...

71. that's where we want to get. >> okay. >> so, there you have it. those are some of the newest images. more coming in. steve polley, the man who shot that video, a storm chaser. he joins us now. steve, i want you to explain to us what was happened. you said you heard a hissing sound and it was a propane tank that was leaking, spewing propane out. after we talk to you i want to go to our meteorologists and get what they think when they see this video. talk to me, steve. >> well, what we actually saw -- hello? >> yes, go ahead, steve. >> okay. what we actually saw when we got off the interstat...

>>. >> the city says they still think they have people trapped. it was hard to find people, because there was no lights whatsoever. at day break, a thunderstorm is rolling in. on the radar behind me, the yellow boxes are severe thunderstorm warnings. all of the storms are heading toward the joplin area. they're going to be there in about a half hour or so. you can watch the general direction of these storms. these do not have tornados with them. they have large hail, torrential downpours and gusty winds. that's going to be on top of joplin soon. unfortunately, this will probably cost more live...

meteorologist jacqui jeras. we have been monitoring these feeds. you have been monitoring scanner traffic. we're told a number of injuries, possibility casualties. people are looking for people. what's going on? >> so much devastation. it's hard to get a handle on how widespread this is. of course, communication is extremely limited. they're asking people to stay out of the city because emergency crews are trying to set up triages to help the people who have been injured. and also, you know, there are some reports of doas as well, so we're not sure how many at this time. a tornado di...