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listen to the roar of the tornado. this is in arkansas. severe weather is now tearing across the southeast today. at least two people have already been killed near birmingham, alabama. dozens of homes are destroyed. another 100 people now injured. >> we made it just in the nick of time. the good lord just blessed us and we're just glad we're here. we've lost our house but at least we have -- i'm sorry. we got our family, and that's all that matters right now. >> wow. that is tragic. chad myers here to tell us about where the storms are right now and what caused this outbreak. chad? >...

You see the hospital took a direct hit. and this is the last thing you need because this is exactly the kind of building that you need to be operating during a disaster where people are going to go for help. windows blown out, they had to evacuate the hospital as fast as they could. and one of the stranger sit -- striench stranger sights that i've seen, by the emergency room door there was a medivac helicopter on the ground that was destroyed. right there by the emergency room. it's stunning. >> unbelievable. thank you. we appreciate it. these image of destruction, i want to show you the wom...

but those voices leave no doubt. 20 terrified strangers huddled inside a store's industrial-sized refrigerator. outside a tornado is ripping apart joplin, missouri. and take a listen again -- >> we're good. we're good. we're good. [ screams ] [ wind sounds ] >> jesus. je jesus, jesus. >> i love everyone. i love everyone, man. i love you. >> jesus, jesus, jesus. heavenly father. >> this is joplin this morning. after daylight revealed the devastation, the tornado cut through the center of town killing at least 89 people, taking out homes, businesses, a hospital, a high school. jaime gr...

>> reporter: she has applied for federal assistance and when the money comes in, what is she going to get? things she needs most of all, first and foremost a car, she needs transportation to take her son to the hospital for checkups. another thing she needs is the home, all material possessions are gone. the most important thing she has is her fam pli and son so certainly many blessings no question. >> reynolds, one more thing, you've been down there for awhile essentially since the storms hit, almost a week and a half now. do you see if progress is even the right word now so soon but still ac...

Upset because there's never going to be enough support from the federal government, but he promised everything that they could do. >> right. when the storms hit, relatively speaking almost immediately he started getting e-mails, started getting e-mails from the white house press office announcing the disaster declarations that have been signed by the president, which is legally needed in order for federal resources to be brought to bear on natural disasters like this. so the federal government and fema jumped in with both feet first almost immediately. and then to have the president, who was a...