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By SAP For most of us, supply chains work silently and seamlessly all around us. Or at least they did until COVID-19 broke the spell we were under that all was well. Initially, missing gloves and disinfectant wipes were evidence of cracks in the supply chain. Thankfully, both of those supplies had limited worldwide repercussions. There's a concern, though, that similar breaks in life science supply chains could impact human lives. In a recent IDC Perspective from Michael Townsend, research director for IDC Health insights, the analyst points out that events like the pandemic highlight shortco...

Nature giving folks a break across this area. >> they'll appreciate that. you were saying that the sun was going to come out as well. >> yeah. >> sun comes up in a couple hours. >> not too long and the sun will be out. this afternoon. the clouds are moving on. that's what i meant. we've been talking to a lot of people who have weathered the storm earlier. anderson cooper spoke with michael townsend. he rode out the storm at the will rogers world airport in the basement. >> pretty tense moments. just trying to get everybody down in the tunnels. everybody was in the parking garages and coming in...

Dealing with all of these people, these thousands of people who have been on the highways and trapped on the highways, they, now, authorities are stretched incredibly thin, trying to respond to all of that. michael townsend was at the airport when it was evacuated. he took shelter with others in tunnels in the parking garage. he joins us now. what was it like? what was the situation there? >> it was a pretty intense moment. just trying to get everybody down in the tunnels, everybody from the parking garage coming in from the terminal. the tunnel was about 500 yards long with the long parking g...

0 away from i-40 when we were next to it. it was parallel to i-40 at one point and, so, we have heard that all of the interstates going into and out of the city are shut down at this time. >> okay, nick, thanks very much. stay with cnn for continuing live coverage of tonight's tornadoes in oklahoma. now, it's "anderson cooper." >> thanks very much, piers. good evening, everyone. breaking news is taking place also now in st. louis and missouri and areas around it. the immediate threat of tornadoes is now in the st. louis, missouri area where one confirmed twister has hit. here's the latest out ...

more than 70 injured. we're expecting that number to possibly change as well. >> the storm system that spawned the deadly tornadoes is unleashing staggering amounts of rain. a spokesperson for oklahoma city says flooding is spread all across the metro area. you can see the rain pouring and the wind there live on your screen right now. the storm dumped between 8 and 11 inches of rain in a fairly short amount of time. the official says low-lying apartments are swamped, metro buses stranded. there's even water on the floor of city hall. well, these are images of one of a handful of to...