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Kansas.com. she's on the phone. roll the video and then we'll talk to her. >> kind of scared. >> jaime green, it's dark. you see the skies lighting up. was this before or after? did it become -- was it dark when it happened and then it got lighter, or did you take this after the initial pictures? >> i took this way before i shot any of the devastation. this was i believe when the tornado was about to happen. and then my friend was like behind me in another car, and she's from kansas and she says that you should never stay in a car during a tornado. so we didn't really have many

>> jaime green, it's dark. you see the skies lighting up. was this before or after? did it become -- was it dark when it happened and then it got lighter, or did you take this after the initial pictures? >> i took this way before i shot any of the devastation. this was i believe when the tornado was about to happen. and then my friend was like behind me in another car, and she's from kansas and she says that you should never stay in a car during a tornado. so we didn't really have many options. so we got out of the car shortly after i shot that. and we huddled down. it was my friend and i and ...

All right. joplin, missouri will never be the same again. it is different. the map will change there because of this tornado that whipped through earlier this evening and caught a lot of people off guard. one person caught up in the middle of it was jaime green. she shot some photos with us. she's with the "wichita eagle." but also her video is on kansas.com. she's on the phone. roll the video and then we'll talk to her. >> kind of scared.

it's from chasertv.com. rob, roll it. >> oh, my. >> and then just a short time ago, storm chaser, his name is steve polly got out in the middle of this driving on the interstate, and he said he didn't think he was going to make it touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> come on. >> yes, it is. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist joins us now. some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there's widespread damage across the city's south si...

so an incredible situation unfolding in joplin, missouri. unfortunately, it's very reminiscent of what happened a few weeks ago in northern alabama. absolutely. to our viewers, here is the reality of it. 24 fatalities reported so far. widespread damage across the country from a tornado touching down. they don't know how many fatalities, how many injuries in all of this. people there being called the walking wounded. as jackie said, evacuating a hospital. they set up mobile facility. missouri department of transportation is saying i-44 is closed down because of damage. and here is w...