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Nation's midsection. there are tornado watches and warnings in effect from ohio down to texas. i want to show you a staggering piece of video from that deadly tornado in oklahoma. this could be the closest anyone has gotten to such a powerful twister and survived. take a look. >> it's crossing the road. >> slow down. get out your window, get out your window. >> watch behind you.
We got on our knees and it was over. >> reporter: but roxie is nowhere to be found and 8-year-old paisley wood is devastated. we climbed through the rubble to find the sky is the ceiling. frank wood hunting for anything that might bring a smile to his daughter's face. >> this is her teddy bear she got when she had her appendix out about three months ago at children's hospital. >> reporter: but paisley can't stop thinking about her dog. >> paisley cried. that was the most upsetting thing to the kids out of all of it was roxie. >> reporter: then a phone call one day after the storm and two miles...
Again, it should not take two weeks for a grieving family who believes their child is dead to be able to go to a morgue and look for their child. it should not take two weeks. again, we're talking about the deadliest tornado season since 1953. that's what we're experiencing right now in joplin and all around here. watches and warnings from ohio to texas. that's on top of the damage here sunday. and literally dozens of tornadoes since then. 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. in the last...
Right now in joplin and all around here. watches and warnings from ohio to texas. that's o top of the damage here sunday. and the dozens of tornadoes since then. 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. in the last 36 hours, there was more than 50, that's right, 50 tornadoes that have touched down throughout the midwest. >> extremely large and dangerous tornado. >> very large tornado. >> at least 16 people were killed in storms that struck parts of oklahoma, kansas, and arkansas. 10 of those...
Around. >> i knew she belonged to somebody. >> reporter: paisley and her family jump in their truck and race to see if it's true, that their dog has managed to escape the tornado's grip. then the moment they had been hoping for. >> she's coming right now. >> roxy! >> reporter: it is roxy. >> thank you very much. here we go. bless her little heart. >> reporter: she survived, who knows how, with only a small scratch. what do you think of finding your dog? >> awesome! >> reporter: when you found out she was okay? >> i was very happy. i started dancing. >> reporter: the happy dance? >> yes. >> rep...