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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 June 5, 2013 08:04:00

It now stands at 19. as for that tornado itself, it now has the terrible distinction of being the widest on record and one of the most powerful as well. chad myers is in el reno now, joins us. the tornado was upgraded today from an ef-3 to an ef-5. that really caught me by surprise. does that mean in terms of power? i mean, why was it upgraded? reporter: because doppler on wheels, scientists, storm chasers that we talk so much about, two teams of scientists with doppler on the back of pickup trucks spinning around found wind speeds of almost 300 miles per hour. now, those winds never hit anything. so we don t have houses that are missing because there s so much empty space here. but what we know, anderson, think about this. think about about a two-mile-wide carousel with horses going around and around. going around at 185 miles per hour. and then take those horses and spin them at 110 miles per hour. that s what this storm was doing. it had multiple vortices, or ....

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 June 5, 2013 00:04:00

Weather is going to move in. tomorrow more rain is anticipated. what s going to be crucial is how much rain, where will that rain fall, especially to the north, and is there going to be wind as well was you see, the water is at the top of a lot of these levees. if you get the wind, if you get the wave action, it s going to have more of a kind of corrosive effect. it will erode even more and weaken the structures that right now are already showing signs of weakness. so it is really going to be a time when people are going to watch the water and watch the sky, anderson. all right, martin, we ll continue checking with you throughout this hour. the death toll climbed again today in the tornado that struck el reno, oklahoma on friday night. it stands at 19. as for the tornado itself, it now has the terrible distinction of being the widest on record and one of the most powerful as well. chad myers is in el reno now, joins us. the tornado was upgraded from an ef3 to an ef5. that really caug ....

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 June 5, 2013 05:03:00

This stretch of roadway the next 24 hours are going to be crucial. i ve been actually in alton on the illinois side, i have friends there. i know they ve had flooding over the years. are conditions there supposed to get worse before they gebetter in west alton? reporter: yeah. because the next thing that s going to happen is even though the water is going down the weather is going to move in. tomorrow more rain is anticipated. what s going to be crucial is how much rain, where will that rain fall, especially to the north, and is there going to be wind as well was you see, the water is at the top of a lot of these levees. if you get the wind, if you get the wave action, it s going to have more of a kind of corrosive effect. it will erode even more and weaken the structures that right now are already showing signs of weakness. so it is really going to be a time when people are going to watch the water and watch the sky, anderson. all right, martin, we ll continue checking with you ....

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CNN The Situation Room June 5, 2013 21:27:00

The other stories we re working on here in the situation room right now. a u.s. army sergeant hoping to avoid a death sentence has entered a guilty plea in the killings of 16 afghan civilians. rort bales allegedly went on a house to house rampage in two villages in afghanistan back in march 2012. the massacre strained already tense u.s.-afghan relations at the time. the death toll in friday s devastating oklahoma tornadoes has now climbed to 20 people. an official says a child s body was recovered this morning from the oklahoma river in oklahoma city. he also says two children and an adult remain missing. one of the tornadoes that struck the area was an ef-5. that s the most powerful on the scale. and measured in as the widest ever in u.s. history. more than 2 1/2 miles wide. a single winner has come forward to claim the second largest lottery prize in u.s. history. officials announced that 84-year-old gloria mckenzie has claimed the nearly $591 million ....

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 June 5, 2013 02:03:00

On the illinois side, i have friends there. i know they ve had flooding over the years. are conditions there supposed to get worse before they get better in west alton? reporter: yeah. because the next thing that s going to happen is even though the water is going down the weather is going to move in. tomorrow more rain is anticipated. what s going to be crucial is how much rain, where will that rain fall, especially to the north, and is there going to be wind as well was you see, the water is at the top of a lot of these levees. if you get the wind, if you get the wave action, it s going to have more of a kind of corrosive effect. it will erode even more and weaken the structures that right now are already showing signs of weakness. so it is really going to be a time when people are going to watch the water and watch the sky, anderson. all right, martin, we ll continue checking with you throughout this hour. the death toll climbed again today in the tornado that struck el reno, ok ....

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