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meteorologist jacqui jeras. we have been monitoring these feeds. you have been monitoring scanner traffic. we re told a number of injuries, possibility casualties. people are looking for people. what s going on? so much devastation. it s hard to get a handle on how widespread this is. of course, communication is extremely limited. they re asking people to stay out of the city because emergency crews are trying to set up triages to help the people who have been injured. and also, you know, there are some reports of doas as well, so we re not sure how many at this time. a tornado did touch down in joplin just before 6:00 central time. moved through the downtown area and continued to push on up toward the north and east of there. we ve got reports of buildings in downtown damaged, homes that have been completely leveled, trees that have been snapped off. and just, you know, rubble all over the place. the scene has been described as being roar ific. there are reports, as ....
Deadly tornadoes ripping through oklahoma and kansas, already five dead, dozens more injured. these twisters have flattened homes, toppled semitrailers and shredded power lines. good tuesday morning. i m peter alexander. more on breaking news, our top story today. numerous tornadoes ripping through the southern planes with deadly force as you ve seen tearing apart homes, tossing cars. with 100-mile-an-hour winds and baseball-sized hail, look at some of this new video. at least five are dead and dozens more injured. rescuers still searching through debris for more survivors. those shots are just staggering. joining me from hard hit norman, oklahoma is weather channel s mike seidel. give us a sense as you panned the camera around, we can really see what just took place. the sense here is that if you have a brick home, we talk about how well constructed brick homes are. the tornado came right through here around dinnertime, peter of the house is in pretty good ....
When we do get pictures, the very first pictures in, it may eventually look something like tuscaloosa. it may have been an f-3 or 4 tornado with wind speeds up to 200 miles an hour. i ve been reading all the wire copy and listening to scanner. trees have lost their bark. literally the wind was so strong that the bark is gone from the trees. all of the limbs are gone. that tells me at least 150 miles per hour. and, obviously, the weather service still very busy with other storms. tornados are still on the ground right now, jacqui. yeah, a number of warnings across the midwest. watches that stretch over 1,000 miles. from the u.p. of michigan down into texas. so, this is a widespread outbreak. we ve had 42 tornado reports just in the last five hours. we re going to continue to get more before the night is out. jacqui, i m watching some of the raw video coming in. we have to turn it around to get it on the air. you and i have been monitoring the feeds. i hated to say it, but it looks ....