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The couple i spoke with went to school there as children and now their own kids go to school there and they said it feels like you're walking around and seeing your entire childhood destroyed. so the people here in van as you can imagine are just devastated. they are trying to get their place back in order. you can hear the helicopters flying above me. we've seen more of that activity in the last 30 minutes or so as well. the folks here are happy that the storms have pushed to the east. it's cloudy. drizzle this morning but as far as the storm threat, that is over for now. john and kate? >> it...

Outside walls would indicate three or four and then take a look at the trees. all of the branches are snapped off. there's nothing really left. branches couldn't sustain the wind. you get just stumps that are left broken off. so that's the idea of what we're talking about here. a major tornado touched down there in van, texas. it concerned me when i saw so many people digging through one home. that tells me that a person from that home may be missing or they wouldn't be working on that one single home that much. now, let's hope that person was visiting a mom in dallas and didn't make it home a...

Find. a question there on a lot of people's minds and jennifer gray was getting to it, a lot of people wonder if the officials in van, texas, have a good handle quite yet about what they're up against and good handle about how many people are missing and how many people could be injured. >> this was a big tornado. this was without a doubt now looking at this, this is a stick built home. some of those were 2x8 and 2x6. not just a mobile home on blocks. this was a real home. to get that type of damage you need wind speeds in excess of 140 miles an hour. probably ef-3. possibly ef-4. a 0 or 1 wil...

Happening now. ten people are missing after a tornado hit the town of van, texas, 60 miles east of dallas. these pictures are from moments ago. you can see the devastation for yourself. these people clearly picking through the rubble. so many people right now searching in this one area. you do wonder if perhaps they are looking for someone there. we are awaiting a news conference from van to get the latest information on those missing. we should also tell you there are reports from local affiliates that there are fatalities as well. we will wait for confirmation on that from this news conferen...

Move through that area. we've also seen more and more law enforcement move in and so we're trying to get power restored and cell service for a lot of people as well. the red cross is here. we're in the first baptist church parking lot where a shelter is for anybody that needs assistance and like i mentioned, that press conference coming up within an hour or so. we also have been talking to people that were here during the tornado last night. it struck right around 9:00. residents say the tornado sirens went off at about five minutes before the tornado struck. we spoke with one lady who said sh...