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>> you obviously know joplin very well. we're hearing that the death toll is now 116 people including your aunt and uncle. already tying for the worst ever death toll from a single tornado strike. looking at the images that i'm looking at which are just horrendous, given what you know of the town, would you say that there are likely to be more people that have died in this than the numbers that are being said at the moment? >> from things i heard from people who work at the hospital, i have to believe it's going to go a lot higher which i hate saying that. i think that's the truth in my heart ...

Wide just eliminated half of the town. >> you obviously know joplin very well. we're hearing that the death toll is now 116 people including your aunt and uncle. already tying for the worst ever death toll from a single tornado strike. looking at the images that i'm looking at which are just horrendous, given what you know of the town, would you say that there are likely to be more people that have died in this than the numbers that are being said at the moment? >> from things i heard from people who work at the hospital, i have to believe it's going to go a lot higher which i hate saying that...

>> reporter: this amateur video captured the twister as it touched down. >> massive tornado doing massive destruction. >> reporter: at the heart of the destruction, st. john's regional medical center, a seven-story structure. now missing its top two floors, all of the windows have been blown out. mark harrington was in the emergency room. >> you heard a loud roar, all the windows started breaking. you could hear things blowing through the hospital. >> reporter: forecasters say this twister was one of the deadliest in missouri history and could have been worse had there been no warnings. >> all...

our ears started to pop. >> incredible stories of survival. >> we thought we were going to be sucked up the chimney. >> now joplin, missouri, holds its breath and wonders is it over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? what's really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and reports from the ground. >> debris on the ground here. >> this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." good evening. joplin, miss...

over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? what's really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and reports from the ground. >> debris on the ground here. >> this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." good evening. joplin, missouri, is under another tornado watch tonight. the national weather service says there's a 45% chance of a second tornado outbreak just one day after a deadly twister ripped thro...