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Of 8,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover at a convenience store. the video is dark, but the audio, the sounds tell a story. >> oh, my god! [ screaming ] >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene moments after the tornado struck. destruction all around them, homes on fire. they called out for the young man's sister and fiance. >> sarah!

The searching continues, however, even here in joplin, amidst all this misery. even here there is still some hope. there is still hope in joplin. up next, inside the search for the missing. two teenagers vanished. the families desperate for answers. later, caught on tape. a family scrambling for shelter as the tornado gets close. but where is the family dog? >> that's once-in-a-lifetime. you'll probably never see this again. and it's moving fast. it's huge. >> they got into the shelter. the dog didn't. you'll want to see how this story ends, coming up.

Your head when you grabbed the camera and first ran outside, had you ever been through anything like this before? >> nothing like this. i'm not sure anybody has with what they're saying about this kind of tornado. when we left the house, we had no idea it was like this, though. i took the camera thinking there would be some downed trees and stuff like that. but you realized the severity of everything, and i already had the camera running. every block you went in deeper, the worse and worse it got and the severity of it set in. >> aaron, you even had trouble figuring out where you were, even th...

>> until he's find, dead or alive, i've got to find him. >> parts of oklahoma were struck by tornadoes, as well. frank wood rushed his family into the storm shelter as the twister struck. >> we've got to go now! it's coming right over us. we're right in its path. >> one beloved member of the wood family, roxie the dog, didn't make it into the shelter. all these stories and details tonight and witness the courage of people beset by catastrophe and tragedy. but we start at the beginning. it's 5:40 on sunday evening and a monster rakes across joplin, missouri. >> strong tornado! >> as the twist e...

That hit oklahoma. this is the deadliest tornado season since 1953. states from ohio to texas have been on guard. and when joplin was struck, there have been dozens of other tornadoes across the midwest causing death and destruction. take a look. >> oh, my god! back up. oh, no! stop. oh, no. >> in this part of the country where things were bad, they have quickly gotten worse. >> extremely large and dangerous tornado. >> very large tornado. >> at least 16 people were killed in storms that struck parts of oklahoma, kansas, and arkansas. ten of those 16 dead are because of this monster. >> oh, my...