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>> chief, the first search is already done and the city manager mentioned the second deeper search. what are some of the specific things different about the second search and are there specific places that you are looking right now that might have potential survivors still? >> the second search is a little slower of those specific areas. it's the tornado path, the destruction path. we are searching every structure that has been damaged or destroyed. the third search will be similar to that, and the fourth search will be with the search and rescue dogs. i have dogs and dog handlers all over the...

Every available person we can get out doing the search work. >> the first search is already done and the city manager mentioned the second deeper search. what are some specific things that are different about the second search and are there specific places that you're looking right now that might have potential survivors still? >> as far as the second search, it's a little bit slower, more methodical search of those areas. as far as specific areas, basically it's the tornado path, the destruction path. we're searching every structure that's been damaged or destroyed. in a more in depth manner....

more tornadoes are possible today across the region. right now, the death toll stands at 116. that ties the single deadliest tornado record in u.s. history. so far, rescue crews have pulled 17 survivors from the rubble but time and the weather, now the enemies. precious hours are slipping away as bleak reality set in. t.j. holms in joplin. you went out with one of the rescue teams. what did you see? >> reporter: last night, i couldn't believe what i was seeing, carol. i have been covering tornadoes for a long time. grew up with tornadoes really in the south. i can't figure them out...

3:00 eastern. how does this tornado rank in overall weather history? nbc meteorologist bill karins joining us now. bill, it is obviously one of the deadliest in history. give us the context here. >> andrea, it is one of the deadliest in our life times. unless you remember the tornadoes of 1953, not many of us do, this is it. this has been an incredible event. this combined with alabama makes it historical, almost unheard of. this is what it looked like last night. this was a zoomed in radar on the joplin area. you see the hook for yourself, that's the magenta, and the rain wrapping around the ...

Additional resources. this is an jourpy that we cannot complete alone and so we'll need the help of state and federal resources to help tuscaloosa return to normalcy. >> i don't know if you saw it -- were you there? did you actually see this tornado go through? i mean, we're looking at the footage of the camera that was taken from the sky cam in tuscaloosa. it looks like something that hollywood would have created. this is just a vision of horror. were you outside? did you see any of this? >> i was in my office which is probably about a quarter of a my from the tornado path. we're watching it ...