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Worried about the impact of any kind of severe weather, whether it's thunderstorms or recovery efforts taking place. i want you to stick with me for just one second. we want to give our viewers a different view of the tornado as it hilt. this was shot by michael welsh of new castle, oklahoma. that just gives us a sense of the massive size and power and storm. at its base, it touched down for
Your camera at that? well, i've seen a lot of these. i got hit in 2011. at the end of the video, i actually had to take off because there was falling debris and i had to get out of the way. after that passed, what did you then do of that? >> i instantly said a prayer that are getting ready and had been affected by that strong, strong tornado. >> so, michael, you had strong tornado experience in these kinds of situations? >> yeah, from oklahoma, there's quite a few of them. >> so when did you realize just how bad this one was going to
0 first responders continuing to look for the trapped or injured. that storm touched down monday afternoon just before three. jay fwrgrey is live in that air. >> reporter: emergency response team continuing to move into this area. nightfall can't hide the desperation searching for survivors in the wake of an overwhelming storm. the images show inconceivable damage. the reality is worse. more nan 50 dead, hundreds injured. the wreckage went on more miles. >> i had to hold on to the wall to keep myself safe because i didn't want to fly away in the tornado. >> children were pulled from the rubb...
0 the mayor of moore, oklahoma. glen lewis. mr. mayor, what moore developments can we expect to learn of overnight? >> we're not sure. right now. right now, we're in practice mode because we have an outage at the oklahoma city water plant where we get our water. our water treatment is at a trickle right now. we requested help from other agencies around. we've got water from our other fire trucks. but they tell me they're going to have that on by 1:00 in the morning, which is about an hour away. so i'm waiting for that call. we hope that we will find maybe some people alive in some of this rubb...
0 >> confirmed fatalities from the medical examiner in oklahoma. >> that number expected to rise. >> we are covering a historic tornado in oklahoma tonight. >> we have a tornado watch issued. >> tornado watch for several oklahoma counties. >> this one has hit moore, oklahoma. >> a huge swathe of tornado alley. >> people bracing for more bad weather there. >> this tornado was over one mile wide at its base. >> see the clouds certainly getting dark. >> the region remains on high alert. >> it was an f5 tornado. >> possibly the worst in history. >> total devastation here. >> hearing that i-35 is c...