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>> simply astounding. we should also remember that severe weather that's in oklahoma right now, it could potentially spawn twisters and tornadoes in this exact same area tonight. as far as sunday's storm, we should point out the national weather service has now classified that storm as an ef-5. that's the strongest rating with wind gusts, sustained wind gusts topping 200 miles per hour as far as the eye can see in this community, homes have been leveled. still at this hour search and rescue teams going from one house to the next. they are looking for survivors because the concern is there stil...

But it is quite rare, certainly and to see these pictures, you can see the dirt all the way as far as the camera pans. so often you know tornadoes hit and then bounce and then go back into the air. this particular one, according to the associated press, was on the ground for some 50 miles. the latest information i have from oklahoma city is, that there are now two confirmed dead in the state of oklahoma tonight. 122 confirmed dead in joplin, missouri from the storm that hit there saturday. 1500 missing according to a fire captain in joplin, and the tornadoes are said to be still breaking out t...

relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is far greater. up to 118 right now and that makes this the deadliest single tornado on record in the ...

Helicopter tracking it. you can see how huge it is. it is at least a half a mile wide. before it formed there were other tornadoes that took aim at the twin cities, one person was killed in the minneapolis area. almost two dozen others were hurt. trees, power lines down and one neighborhood after another. i want to bring in our own chad meyers. we were talking during the break. you want to give people some good news here but it just seems like this season has been really, really tough on folks. i mean huge tornadoes. are there more tornadoes? are we seeing more now? >> yes. we're seeing more k...

but those voices leave no doubt. 20 terrified strangers huddled inside a store's industrial-sized refrigerator. outside a tornado is ripping apart joplin, missouri. and take a listen again -- >> we're good. we're good. we're good. [ screams ] [ wind sounds ] >> jesus. je jesus, jesus. >> i love everyone. i love everyone, man. i love you. >> jesus, jesus, jesus. heavenly father. >> this is joplin this morning. after daylight revealed the devastation, the tornado cut through the center of town killing at least 89 people, taking out homes, businesses, a hospital, a high school. jaime gr...