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Oklahoma is also digging through tornado destruction. last night, weather channel meteorologist mike bettis was there getting a glimpse at some of the shocking images mother nature left behind. take a look. >> reporter: well, another round of violent storms and tornados, this time centering in oklahoma. and now, after sunset and on our night vision camera, we can observe some of the damage right here in el reno. this is just to the west of oklahoma city. we know a tornado crossed i-40 and then crossed highway 81. it did this damage. there's some utility lines down, we have trees that have been...

Activity this morning has been inspectors checking the power lines. as the water level comes up it is getting close to the utility lines so we are watching this and inspectors will be hear from the army corps of engineers looking at levees to make sure everyone is safe and dry as possible. back to new york. >> thank you, for us this morning in louisiana. and now rick and anymore rain? >> the flooding is going on low-lying areas and in a higher area you will be fine, but let me show you what is going on with the spillways, an important story, they opened up a spillway to relieve pressure here o...

The 8.8 quake struck, as well as a tsunami and the precise location where i'm speaking to you from was literally under water. this community hit by 30-foot-plus waves. off in the distance, you can see some of the consequences of that tsunami. you can see ships, cars, and other heavy equipment and shipping containers that were literally lifted upward by the surge. but in addition to the cost caused by the wrath of mother nature, there is an additional expense here, as well as an emotional trauma. this one caused by looting. this is one of the main business districts in the area where one block ...

Medical profession sols, folks working to put the utility lines back up, stay off the streets. it is in owl after our collective best interest and hopefully people abide by the curfew. >> we were looking up figures and i'm curious of flood insurance and by our count, looks like under 10% of your population actually had flood insurance. is that your understanding and what are folks going to do to rebuild if they didn't have insurance? >> well, it is a snant challenge. obviously, usually this far inland we are not on the coast and rare to find folks with flood insurance. we sat down with the cou...

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