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That was tumbling within that. so that is one thing. and then a little farther down the line, all of this doppler radar data is planned to be used in a forecasting system that can actually project ahead of time where the tornado is going to go, and even to some extent, where the tornado might form. >> dr. greg forbes from the weather channel, always good to get your expertise on this. thank you, sir. thanks for coming over. up next, we'll talk to two guys who voluntarily got very close to this tornado in moore, oklahoma. they're storm chasers. they're all over these days. we'll talk to two o...

>> you know, senator, you talked about -- and lois just mentioned how well versed okalhomans are with this, in dealing with this. talk about the rebuilding. how long did it take moore to recover? there's one thing to recover psychologically. >> they are resilient and they'll bounce back. but for this area, it is devastating. and i agree with lois. this may be -- these places were absolutely obliterated? >> some are saying that school and the hospital, you're sitting there and you can't believe it. >> the school is what just tugs at your heart. to think of having the kids go through that. i hop...

Medical examiner does predict that will go up when they get confirmation later today. we'll work on that for you. >> and we know there's been some confusion about the death toll. so while our best sources indicate that it's 51 for now, we know that there's some confusion. hopefully that will get cleared up in this hour. thomas roberts in moore, thanks very much. there have only been six tornados in u.s. history to cause more than $1 billion in damage. one of them was in moore, oklahoma, it was in 1999. the bridge creek/moore tornado killed 36 people, injured 583, damaged or destroyed over 8,00...

Some of the view of the tornado, that let us know how violent it was, baa the stuff it was destroying and wrapping around the intense tornado. >> simon, how long were you guys following this storm? like, when were you able to catch it and how long were you able to track it as it made its way across? >> we began just north of the storm. several minutes before the tornado developed. and we became stuck in traffic, in central oklahoma city, and had to take several different maneuvers in oklahoma city to go through some city streets, to avoid the traffic, get around some traffic jams, and then we ...

Headquarters and command. but more importantly, we're out buying the food and the supplies that people will need immediately. right away, we're helping the first sponsors. when the neighbors come in, we'll feed them, we'll operate our shelters and then as the recovery continues, there'll be other activitieses that will happen. start to put people into the red cross system and we'll start to coordinate some of the things, the benefits and some of the things they immediate to get their lives moving forward. so it's a big operation. there are a lot of people who are primarily volunteers like me a...