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The suburbs of ucon, bethany and oklahoma city. a tornado emergency means a large destructive tornado is moving into a densely populated area and widespread damage and fatalities are likely. that's what it means. it is likely that there will be widespread damage and fatalities. a tornado touched down in the el reno, oklahoma area. you see some of the wreckage. you see it on your screen now. some of the tornado chasers that we've been touching base with all evening have talked about and shown us homes that are destroyed, vehicles that are destroyed and now that tornado is heading to the east-so...

Widespread devastation through the region. a lot of those twisters were open farmland. in the pictures, you know, still amazing. there's still a lot of damage out there. it was probably more tornado chasers out there with this outbreak than ever before. so, if there were tornadoes out there, they were spotted. the one thing about the woodward, oklahoma, tornado. that was actually the third tornado warning of the day. it happened right about midnight and it looks like the tornado sirens did not go off. so they're going to be investigating exactly what happened there and why those people didn't ...

Overnight hours we'll get more idea exactly what happened in the next couple of hours. >> rick, i imagine, and hard to tell at this point, but hearing the storm warnings 24 hours ahead of time. would you say that that probably accounts for why we didn't have as many deaths, obviously, because of this, because people knew about it? >> and there's two things, i think one-- because it's a job cuts in tuscaloosa, it's a great point, but we had the warning so people were very aware of what was happening and i think there's one other thing and there were so many tornado chasers out there and because...

you're going to look at show the massive damage in the small town of harveyville, kansas. that's destroyed homes and trees uprooted and power lines down as well. take a look at this. a twister captured on film by a storm chaser in kansas in missouri where two people died. joining me now is wendell edwards. he's live from branson, missouri. set the scene for us. how bad is the damage? >> reporter: you know, randi, it's pretty bad. take a look at what is going on. this is a vitamin and health food store. people are just now assessing the damage and trying to clean up and see what is le...

Much. i just can't imagine being that close to a tornado. >> the information that they give to the national weather service is invaluable. the tornado chasers that are out there in contact with the weather service, they give eyes on a ground. the eyes on the ground are these men and women out there that put their lives literally in jeopardy to give that information to the national weather service so the warnings can be better and save lives. >> you occasionally show live streaming video from guys like jeremy? >> yes. i'm just concerned for the guys that don't have the radar in their car, a lap...