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This man said. at 12:42 inside another shelter, people huddled together, listened as volcanic debris rained down. officials warned another blast could send boulders up to 2.5 miles from the crater. survivors making their way through a moon scape, carpeted in a thick ash nearly two-feet deep in places. ontake is one of some 450 volcanos that make up the ring of fire in the pacific ocean, responsible for 90% of the world's volcanic eruption. we saw their power firsthand when we traveled to indonesia. when you're this close, you not only that boom, but you feel it. in japan, the search suspended....

Steps. it became kind of a moon scape after awhile. >> as i finally went back home, of course, all of the power is out so it's very dark and kind of eerie and quiet. all you see is just the flowing embers from the sky. i don't think a lot of people slept that night. >> reporter: the explosion and fire ultimately take eight lives and destroy 38 homes. yet many believe an even greater tragedy was averted. >> what amazed me in seeing the fireball at the time and that huge explosion, you thought there would be so many more people who would have died and i think the only saving grace is people were...

As far as the severe weather season is concerned. march through may, we saw that this year as far as tornadoes across the southeast. we start to lift it with the jet stream as it migrates to the north. april and may, may especially a i cross the areas we're concerned with today and to the north as well. we talk about this ef scale, highlight how that breaks down, an ef-4 tornado, that means that winds are estimated to be 166 up to 200 miles an hour. this tornado on the higher end of that, ef-5, over 200 miles an hour. you get to those ranges and it really doesn't mean a whole lot. we're talkin...

Give you the full sense of what it feels like because there's just piles of cars and rubble and flattened buildings just really difficult. >> and when i was down in tuscaloosa and birmingham, that's exactly the way to describe it. it looks like a moonscape. there's vegetation and buildings that used to be there and are not. you feel like you're in a completely different part of the world because that part of the world should have vegetation, should have trees and it doesn't. >> trying to tell people where to meet us for our live shot location, there are no street signs. you have to feel your w...

it is tuesday, may 24th. we're getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we're talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. >> good morning. what are you seeing there? >> good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it's a good morning in joplin. it simply isn't. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let's begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that...