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Are and right now we're doing everything we can. >> you saw the filth covering that one man. the debris just everywhere and you saw the hugs, those reunions, chris, you know this as a parent. these are the moments you simply cannot hug your kids tightly enough. >> not being able to get a cell signal or know where your kids are. unimaginable. the picture on the cover of the "oklahomian" a daddy hugging his kid. the mom. we'll show you the picture in a better way. it was in john's piece, her face is bloodied her eye is closed, but she has a smile on her face because she found her kids. at the en...

Worse for me. governor and lieutenant governor how does this compare to may 1999. >> the question is, how does it compare to 1999 tornado. it was devastating. i think the fact what we see so far today is going to be very similar if not exceed what we saw in 1999. keep in mind, any time there a loss of life its disaster. it's not a huge amount, but we did lose life. it's very similar, of course, to what we had then and what we had in 2003 which was less damaged area, but same area. >> we god worth word, that they

Everything's gone. and we've been there for 21 years, and we lived through may 1999. we didn't make it this time. we weren't lucky. we lost everything. you know, we had to leave some of our dogs at the house. now we've got to walk. i'm just, you know, scared. i don't know what the future is going to hold. >>steve: i don't blame you. it's now 13 minutes after the top of the hour. live from new york city, our coverage of the devastation in oklahoma continues. if you wonder how you can help, we're going to show you. stay with us. you're watching the fox news channel.

And six weeks or so, and occasionally, we have these kinds of things happen. this was certainly a very devastating event we have seen yesterday. >> let's talk about technology and where we are compared to even, in 1997, i covered an ef-5 in texas. just over the short period of time, how innovation and technology has helped you do your job better and hopefully save lives. >> well, i think the biggest thing we have done since then, strictly as it relates to the tornado yesterday, is we have been able to forecast the probability that conditions will be favorable several days in advance much bette...

Talking to someone trapped under debris. there are probably 50 people right now on hands and knees pulling away boards and debris in hopes of finding that person alive. >> the scenes from plaza towers elementary school today. we'll bring you more details as we get them. rescue efforts do continue at that school at this hour. the school is beingdestroyed. this is said to be a mile wide at least. classified in the most violent category. that scale goes from one to five. five being the worst. this storm is being seen as an e-4 or e-5. likely an e-5. the tornado in history that's generated the str...