it was a chaotic scene as five tornadoes hit the oklahoma city area last night. storm chasers got this incredible video of one forming in el reno. more than 70 people were hurt. el reno and union city suffered most of the damage. this comes less than two weeks after a huge tornado plowed through nearby moore, oklahoma. and that s not the end of it. now oklahoma city is dealing with major flooding. check this out. huge chunk of land washed away. right next to a road. some areas have seen as much as 11 inches of rain. the white house says it is closely monstering the situation in oklahoma. el reno, oklahoma, is littered with debris from the tornado. nick va lenshas been there all . what is the immediate need of people there? reporter: right now they need to get their power back on. that s been the most inconvenience for thoses dents in reno and canadian county in
another round of storms they re facing this daunting clean-up? reporter: great question, miguel. there is an underlying anxiety here. you know this from covering tornadoeses. you know this from, you know, time spent here in oklahoma. there is resilience. they ve gone through so many natural disasters and, of course, oklahoma city bomb terrorist attack. it s come to a point where they re dealing with calamity. it s more of a put on our gloves and we re going to work and help each other out and help each other clean. if there s any uplifting thing happening here, it s that, neighbors helping neighbors and even strangers helping strangers. nick valencia, thank you, stay safe. george how well is in union city, oklahoma, where he s been surveying the damage.
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you re now you were in el reno this morning and in union city now. the breadth of it. it s hard for people to imagine how people can make their way through this. how are people coping? i though they re tough out dl but this is a lot to take on. you know, when you look a the damage in moore and not to downplay any of this damage out here but moore was a lot more densely populated, miguel. there was a lot more people right in the middle of that tornado, that ef5 and it was a stronger wind stream that went through there. more people were at risk. people are really, you know, anxious. there is an underlying sentiment of anxiety. when the tornado sirens go off and the thought of, gosh, we just can t get any luck here, can we? new round after new round. talking to local affiliates today. they were saying that there could be possibly more severe weather next week. so it just seems that tornado alley, this place that they call tornado alley in the united states, is really living up to its
mercy, ambulance service. we re trying to get through this. i think it goes back to commissioner carson s initial statements. let these guys do their job. try to get infrastructure back on. we had water issues. we re working through those as we speak now. the police department and the fire department are trying to get in and assess these areas. let them do their job. there will be time to look at the damage later. try to get all the information to us. appreciate you all. okay. now we d like to take an opportunity, you ve heard from officials with the city and the county. we re very fortunate to have state officials that support us here in canadian county and we have our senator ron justice that s here this morning. we want to let him know how much we appreciate him and give him an opportunity to make a comment. thank you very much. on we behalf of the state of oklahoma, i want to say how much we appreciate the work of those