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Day long. you talked about those lightning flashes. there was hail this morning. we had wind gusts of 60 miles per hour. they had to stop the rescue efforts for a while but they've been back into it and you can imagine with all of this rain coming down, it's made things extremely difficult for crews. our visibility has been extremely poor. the winds have been very strong. we're having a hard time keeping our equipment on the air as well. in addition to that, the rain has been so heavy we've been getting flash flooding so there are many streets and intersections across the area that are just co...

We've seen flashes of lightning when i spoke to anderson cooper. what are you sensing there? are you sensing maybe another tornado tonight? >> reporter: probably not tonight but conditions tomorrow will be another story. there's a good probability that severe weather will break out and that includes southwestern missouri including folks here in joplin. the thought of another tornado potentially is extremely frightening for these people and so many people that are just hanging on by a thread and sustained so much damage that, you know, it's a very dangerous situation even with some strong winds...

What are you sensing there? are you sensing tornado tonight? >> reporter: probably not tonight but conditions tomorrow will be another story. there's a good probability that severe weather will break out and that includes southwestern missouri including folks here in joplin. the thought of another tornado potentially is extremely frightening for these people and so many people that are just hanging on by a thread and sustained so much damage that, you know, it's a very dangerous situation even with some strong winds. the weather today has been a huge story not just because of the tornado but b...

Mess they already have. you see these lightning flashes. we jump at them every time. amazing show going on in the skies right now. misery on top of misery tonight. >> i think you should take cover. we saw massive lightning strike behind you. it looks like another appalling night there in joplin. my hearts go out to all of the people there. it's really shocking scenes. we'll come back to you a bit later on. thank you very much. we'll be right back after a short break with more breaking news from joplin in missouri where the scenes after this tornado are really quite desperate. what's so special...

our ears started to pop. >> incredible stories of survival. >> we thought we were going to be sucked up the chimney. >> now joplin, missouri, holds its breath and wonders is it over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? what's really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and reports from the ground. >> debris on the ground here. >> this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." good evening. joplin, miss...