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This takes place. the thunderstorm activity across southern and central portions of the united states, as well. we had 150 reports of wind ripe related damages, hail-related damages. seven reports of tornadoes. these will be verified over the next 24 hours. sometimes they come down and become a lower number as officials get out there. we have severe thunderstorm watches across oklahoma, eastern arkansas. the month of march, 80 tornadoes. historically what you would see across to the united states. goes up to 155 in april, peaks out, that's 1,100 tornadoes every single year in the united states...

Just stares and praying every night. i think most of our family is in this stage that we are unwell. some of us get sick. one of my brothers is hospitalized yesterday. so we just are kind of in a stage we hope everything is going to end soon. >> they hope it ends soon. bad weather is a problem. they are not having a great success of getting to the actual wreckage. search crews of the java sea with new ships, but the weather is not cooperating. let's go to ivan cabrera. >> at times you cannot see the java sea. it is covered by thunderstorm activity. amazing this time of year. storms set up here...

Expert and senior investigator at the ntsb. picking up on that talk about the weather and how fierce that could be. we have all been on really bumpy rides and it's nervous making but we think we can get through it. what are the conditions where a plane could break up mid-air because of thunderstorms some. >> today's aircraft are very robust better than they were 15 or 30 years ago. when we talk about trying to avoid thunderstorm, we don't want to put airplanes in harm's way and people in harm's way. when you look at the thunderstorm activity where the crew was having to deef nate around it in ...

News, but looking at the forecast we do have a chance for isolated showers, thunderstorm activity to continue near indonesia and surrounding countries. trace? trace: 44,000 foot on that storm, and as leah reminded us, the plane really could only fly to 42 -- >> reporter: yeah. and it's very cold up there. i mean, you're talking -- imagine hiking in mountains that's just 14,000 feet. it gets a lot colder up here. sorry, i have a bit of a cold here, my throat's killing me but we're going to get this information out there. you hike a mountain that's just 14,000 feet we're talking past 40,000 feet...

Almost on top of the equator at times that storms pop up. but they pop up every day, that's the thing. 48 1/2 hours the plane takes off, gets through some of this weather, bumpy, and then all of a sudden look at this weather that pops up about 47 1/2 hours ago, right there is where the plane got into this very heavy thunderstorm activity. that's where we lost it. 50,000 foot tops. can't fly over that. the plane is just not going to go that high. so even though they requested to go higher there's just no way. they're going to have to go around it so they saw something on the radar, that's why t...