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Escape. the desperate search for survivors continuing. a severe thunderstorm threat today and the storm itself battering the city with heavy rain and quarter-size hail. and now, mike has a live update. from the pictures, and they can be deceiving, but it looks as if the whole place could be gone. >>guest: well, certainly if you look at the picture behind me with cars piled on top of each other it shows the force of the storm. but this tornado took as a path right through the center of town and the mayor said the town is almost evenly divided in half and in the process, about 30 percent or a th...

Scope of this? >>reporter: as i look behind me i can show you an excellent example with green trees off in the distance. then as you move off in this direction you can see armageddon wasteland where the tornado traveled through the center of this area of land. and further to the left, beyond the broken steal, you can see more grown trees again. that tells you we are as a matter of fact, dab, in the path of the tornado that moved six miles through the from -- the center of town. >>shepard: was this the most powerful storm? >>reporter: it is an f-3 or 4 but what makes this so destructive, the fa...

A massive tornado. massive destruction. a mild-wide tornado. >> the couple from twister chasers shot the video as the tornado touched down there in joplin, missouri. it was a direct hit. in a matter of minutes the storm obliterated throughs of homes. turning much of the city into a wasteland. >> this is bad. oh my gosh. this is awful. this is ... look at that, that is destroyed. completely. >> the crews have been searching for the survivors who could be trapped in what is left their homes and businesses. there is a temporary morgue and the death toll will grow in the hours and days ahead. and ...