Page 28 - Killer Tornado News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> reporter: these are the frantic moments. >> it's coming right over us. we're right in its path. >> reporter: just before frank woods scrambled up the stairs to his balcony and saw the tornadic beast for the first time, staring him straight in the eyes. >> that's once-in-a-lifetime. you'll probably never see this again. and it's moving fast. it's huge. >> reporter: wood rushed his children down into the garage and locked themselves into a rock solid reinforced safe room. but they couldn't grab the family dog in time. a boxer named roxie. >> she was staring at me and i'm trying to get her to ...

A teen that never made it home. >> it will be okay. we got a lot of people looking, sweetie. a lot of people love him. they love him a lot. >> for will norton's aunt tracy and sister sarah, the wait is too much to bear. will was driving home from his high school graduation with his father mark when the tornado struck. >> they thought if they could pull into this subdivision, they could find a place to go and they only got as far as that median when the tornado picked them up and they got wrapped up in this stuff and it was just a big mess. i don't know where that came from. >> what has he told...

All the way down past shreveport, there's dallas, texas and austin and houston with all these thunderstorms. you're going to get some hail and some winds. the widespread manner of this is -- that might have been 2,000 miles from buffalo to austin, at least 2,000 miles even to fly there. i've never seen weather this spread out all week long. anderson? >> incredible. chad, appreciate it. still ahead, the search to have dee ann hayward. she was on her way to pick up food when the tornado struck. her kids join me ahead. plus, a family that barely made it in their safe room in time last night. ...

>> incredible. chad, appreciate it. still ahead, the search to have dee ann hayward. she was on her way to pick up food when the tornado struck. her kids join me ahead. plus, a family that barely made it in their safe room in time last night. the video shows them running to reach their safe room to save themselves. they had to leave their beloved pet behind. what happened later is unbelievable. we'll show it to you ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites...

Overlooking 12 green acres. when you look at this house, it's amazing to think it was once a three-story house. the tornado shredded the top two stories. his pickup truck was thrown almost 300 yards into a ditch. >> it's beyond your control and you just pray. we got on our knees and it was over. >> reporter: but roxy 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. >> repo...