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Been ten years in the making. you will not believe the e-mails. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. we begin with the dangerous weather set to hit areas already hit by tornadoes, rain and powerful winds. >> a twister on the ground in south dakota taking aim at a small city in its state. >> oh, my gosh. it hit something. oh, no! >> sounds like you can hear the hail, too. the tornado ran through the heart of wessington springs. no reports of serious injuries. >> look at what the same storm did a few miles down the road. the pictures are so angry, so ...

Two other crew members. the confirmed death toll from the accident is now 29 people and even though we don't know yet what happened to cause that ship to sink, we have learned a few things about this particular ferry. here's cnn's tom foreman. >> reporter: there is still a lot we don't know right now, but we do know some of the basics about this ship that started out this whole saga. it's a very large vessel, about 7,000 pounds, 500 feet tip for tip. five different stories, some for cargo, some for people. it was retrofitted a couple of years ago which seems to have possibly added some weight ...

There are five different stories in here, some for cargo, some for people. it was retrofitted a little more than a year ago. changes were made to passenger areas which seemed to have added weight to the ship. we don't know if that played a role but it's something they'll look at. over a fairly extended period of time, whether it hit something or had another problem, it began tipping like this and then rolled completely under water. and apparently, because people were being told to stay in place or couldn't get out, a lot of people appear to have been trapped inside. this is a huge challenge ob...

School, so for me so far it is still high school. >> you've got to have something to look forward to. haven't you seen the commercials for the villages? >> that is high school without the homework. >> that is high school. >> can't get any better than riding around in a golf cart and eating at the buffet. >> also at the villages drinks are a dollar. >> sign me up. i'm there. good morning to you guys. we're off to a great day already. maria molina has weather in a bit tracking that storm. but right now we are following a developing story coming out of the midwest. a towboat in iowa sinking and r...

It but, you know, there are people missing still. there's, there's a lot of hurt, hurt people out there still. but, you know, i tried my best, you know to stay calm for my kids because they were crying and screaming. >> look at that, it hit something, dude. >> it hit a house or something. >> it hit a house or something. >> maybe an outbuilding. [siren] >> reporter: taking you back to that frightening amateur video from bowie, texas. it really sends chills up your spine. that is 100 miles north of here. so that gives you an idea how large of a swath of this state that was affected. the national...