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It was just to the northwest of where i was located at the time. and shortly after it came through, it's that same tornado that hit tuscaloosa, and it rolled through birmingham. and it was a massive storm. it looked like it was probably a mile wide, the tornado. >> at this point, are emergency service workers able to go out into the communities or do you to wait until daylight? >> well, we have to wait until the gas and power companies, make sure that all the lines are cut and the gas is turned off. some areas are filled with heavy gas. and we've got to make sure it's safe and secure, then we'...

Any other country in the world. it is -- is that true? tell us why. >> that's absolutely true. i don't have quite the map to show it to you here but i can get most of it. but over here we have the rocky mountains, down here the gulf of mexico. the rocky mountains will make a low pressure center, a trough, called a leeside trough. it makes the jet stream sometimes turn like this. when the jet stream turns like this -- think of jet stream like an interstate. little pieces of low pressure will run through that jet stream in streaks, in little -- you'll know when you're flying from new york to l.a...

Tsh tornadoes. >> what you notice was most striking was the debris in the air. there are pieces of homes. pieces of trees and lives in the air being taken up. and we noticed this yesterday with reports from tuscaloosa. as this storm was just exiting tuscaloosa. there were reports near huie town, alabama, a 20-mile drive -- of shingles falling from the sky. that's frightening. >> i understand this tornado was a mile -- a mile wide. >> were they talking the base a mile wide or up in the sky? >> what would be the difference? how would that influence what kind of powerful destruction that we're se...

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Await restoration of the power grid. >> so for those who are in the area and who are keeping a close eye on this, these are reassuring words here that there is no danger, there's no compromise to the safety out of this nuclear plant. is that correct? >> absolutely not. the plant performed exactly as designed. the units have been brought to a safe condition. of course they can't operate until there's a restoration of the power grid but the plants are in a safe condition and will be maintained in safe shut-down condition until the power grid is restored. >> are they vulnerable at all to this kin...