earlier this week. nbc's jay gray reports. >> reporter: nightfall can't mask the devastation here or hide the twisted metal, splintered wood and broken glass scattered for miles. remnants of communities and lives torn apart. earlier the sounds of survival echoed through harrisburg. crews pulling out or piling up debris, although many can't clear away chilling images of the deadly storm. >> i'm nervous. i'm shaky. i'm tired. i just don't even have words for everything that you feel. >> reporter: words can't really describe the overwhelming sense of loss. at least 13 dead across five states. six of those victims in harrisburg. more than a hundred injured in the storms. and now, as survivors search through what 180-mile-an-hour winds left behind, they must also worry about the latest forecast which includes the possibility of even stronger storms in the next 24 hours.