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Those people's homes and right into theirive ls. there will be a lot of cleanup here. obviously we can pick up the pieces, pick up homes, pick up thips. it's the people now, the safety of the people there that we have to worry about. many times, as the governor was talking about -- i had talked about this earlier today -- more people can be injured after the storm trying to dig through debris. there are still power lines that are live. there are still many, many boards with nails sticking out. there are still so many dangers outside that you don't realize because 15 minutes ago those dangers w...

Oklahoma city from our affiliate koco. an intense tornado has touched down in the oklahoma city area. on the phone right now, we have jaime shelton the emergency official for the city of moore, oklahoma, which is south of oklahoma city. mr. shelton, thanks for joining us. what is your recommendation for anybody in the area who is listening right now? >> people have to take emergency precautions. we see debris in the air over city hall in moore. we are at 301 north broadway. we have debris in the air over city hall. everyone in moore needs to take precautions immediately. >> and if people are a...

And the storm -- still a large tornado, debris is evident. people in moore should be underground if they can be. we're trying to get safely east of this thing right now but still staying on top of it, david. >> you can see with our high-resolution mapping, we have pleasant of neighborhood developments right here. lots of high density neighborhoods. this is moving into a very dense part now of moore. it was moving through southwestern parts much the metro here where it wasn't nearly as dense, but now we're getting closer to i-35. this tornado is going to pass right over i-35 here and eventually...

Large tornado, a devastating tornado. i don't think those words really can describe what you're looking at. >> no. it's devastating. and of course i don't know if they even have power in this area, but obviously to anyone who is in the area of oklahoma city, keep in mind that a lot of death and injury can happen after the storm goes away from recovery efforts, from debris, from power lines that are live. so please be careful and be safe. do not think necessarily that the worst is over. please be on guard obviously as chad myers in our weather center in atlanta just noted, there is still yet an...

Right. those are live images on the left. we don't want to alarm people by showing old pictures of tornadoes. governor fallin, of course the work begins now to clean up. we need to remind the viewers that oklahoma city has been struck more than two dozen times by two or more tornadoes in the same day. even if this tornado is gone -- again, the picture on the left is from minutes ago, not a live picture you're looking at, from earlier today, the picture on the right is live -- people should still heed the advice of those suggesting we're not out of the woods yet in that area. is that right? >> ...