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Or a weather watcher could be out there and it looks like they're issuing a tornado warning. in some cases, they're doing a tornado emergency. that's kind of new over the last couple of years. that's if they know there's a large, tornado emergency. that's to give it a little extra um of. there's not many people that did it. the biggest question that's going to come out of all of this is, once we're all done with it is is it better to get in your car, get as far as way from this as you possibly can or stay where you are. if you weren't under ground when this thing hit, you got severely injured ...

People who live there are going to have to be strong in the days and weeks to come. >> you bet. >> roughly a 16 minute warning before this thing hit. you heard janice mention that nate, medical assistant working in the orthopedic clinic of the hospital in shawnee oklahoma when the power went out. that was the first warning. when he later got to where his house had been, the only thing standing was a bathroom wall and a kitchen wall. and his dog sugar was nowhere to be found. joining me now miami by phone nate, who lost his new home in the storm. nate, thank you so much for being here. i'm so s...

So now we're trying to get them all back contained into the community center. >> you're one of the first witnesses we've had a chance to talk to. tell us what it was like when this thing hit, how much warning did you have? what was it like? >> this is on the west end of joplin. i live on the east end. we did hear the sirens go off. from what i've heard there was little warning here. the sirens did go off, so they did have some. a tornado this big, it's difficult to prepare for something of this magnitude. >> thank you for giving us the information, best of luck to you and your crew as you try ...

many ran to seek safer ground, but boy, the devastation is coming to light today. >> that's right. 12 hours later life has changed in joplin, missouri. a powerful tornado ripped that city apart. the red cross said 75% of the town is virtually gone with reports of at least 30 people killed and dozens more injured. 50,000 people live in the city. no phone service, power lines are down, cars and trucks smashed and flipped. the governor calling out the national guard and declaring a state of emergency this morning. >> to make matters worse the city's main hospital st. john's medical cent...

Around 1:00 in the afternoon where this thing hit. >> well, i was in my own home, in my lounge watching my program that i watch every day when i have my lunch. i'm a retired lady. >> so you're watching your television and then -- and then what happened? >> and the tremors, a terrible roar. the television, the power went off, obviously. the house absolutely shook. >> your house was shaking. was anything falling off the walls? >> shaking, shaking. everything falling off the walls. fortunately we have heavy furniture secured to the wall but pictures falling off my wall, my vase of flowers, water ...