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Structure itself or an aftershock. so the survivability profile really starts to shrink after about 48 hours. and the risks to rescuers increase with every passing hour, really, and with every aftershock. >> how concerned are you, chuck, that this building, this school, might suffer additional collapse? >> you know, not knowing the construction of the structure initially, it's really kind of difficult to say. but once any structures, bones if you will, have been compromised, than anything really is possible. the structural integrity is gone and it's really just being held up by its broken piec...

The clock here in terms of the bad weather coming later today? >> we're working against the clock all the time, both for the survivability profile, and the forecast for the bad weather. so, yeah, we're always under the gun for that. we had to shelter our folks a few times yesterday, just based on the lightning strikes and the hail and rain and that sort of stuff, just makes it impossible to move around and do it safely. >> reporter: time is running out, and there's still so much to do. doug westhoff is trying to be optimistic. >> if the space is right, if the void is big enough, these people -...

>> oh, we've got lightning. we need to go back. let's turn around. >> oh, it's getting big, big, big. >> that's huge! >> for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. >> oh! [ wind blowing ] >> oh, my god! >> jesus, jesus! >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible experience. elsewhere in joplin, one couple recorded the scene in their neighborhood moments af...

If they were huddled near the front, that would have been the most dangerous spot for them. >> unfortunately, yes. >> that's where the walls came down. they've used heavy equipment to drill through the collapsed walls and neck underneath, then push them out of the way. this is a wall of the home depot? >> sure. >> and it fell? >> what you've got is a piece of concrete. >> this is all insulation? >> absolutely. >> the walls may have collapsed, but oddly the tornado left many of the store shelves still standing. >> this was a much more survivable environment here than it would have been to be at...