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A suburb of oklahoma city, about 50 or 60,000 people live in this area. so much of it that was simply devastate. you can go for a walk, and i did throughout this afternoon, you see block after block after block of devastation. so happy for this family. but unfortunately, not all of the families are as happy as they are. they're literally very happy. here's important information for you. you can impact your world, help victims of the oklahoma tornadoes. go to our website, cnn.com/impact. there's good recommendations on how you can get involved. the estimate already is $1 billion in damage to th...

Shocked. they've been doing that all day today trying to pick up remnants of their lives. but that's against the advice of public officials. many still look dazed as they pick through what's left of their homes. looking for some sign of order, some symbol of what they had. this may be all they can cling to right now, but the police chief of moore, oklahoma, said now isn't the time to be doing this. >> it's too dangerous. too many safety issues. gas leaks, downed power lines. >> reporter: a risk many residents are willing to take, to look at what they've got left and reflect on close calls. thi...

Checks and the small bits of debris can fall to the ground and people pick them up and find -- they trace it back to the original tornado. >> where are we in the stage of the tornado right now? is it at its height when you're looking at that? or is it sort of winding down? >> this is a mature tornado, where the whole screen is filled with the tornado. you can just tell how quickly it's rotating around. >> it's powerful. amazing. that report from joe johns. still ahead, extraordinary tornado video from a storm chaser. you're going to want to see this. it's coming up right at the top of the hour...

Anybody, if you have found -- if you left the area check in so people know you're accounted for and if you're still missing someone check in but just look around here, wolf. you can see one of the reasons these search teams are coming through and digging through some of this debris is maybe for a miracle if there is somebody buried under this but also just to have a double check and triple check so they're confident they looked everywhere before they declared the search over. >> that search is going to continue for sometime. because it is just an ememorialous area. this is a major suburban par...

Moore bowling. here are the latest developments we're following right now. oklahoma officials today lowered the death toll after initial confusion. at least 24 people including nine children were killed by the massive tornado. at least 237 people were injured. seven of those children died at the plaza towers elementary school not far away from where we are right now. some of them drowned while taking shelter in the basement. according to the national weather service, damage assessments show the tornado was an extraordinary ef-5, the highest level with wind speeds 200 miles an hour for at least...