you earlier saw the one large wedge tornado to the west of oklahoma city around the el reno area. following the storms to the east and through oklahoma city, were the tornadoes do you believe getting smaller or weaker as the energy split between the numerous cells? have any idea on that, jeff? >> i'm on i-20 west of mccloud. it's coming down. to answer the question there was a large very large tornado. they have gotten smaller because they have gotten rain dragged. west of the city they were not rain wrapped, they were large tornadoes and they were some four and a half miles wide. a mile wide south of reno and utah. wide and devastating in -- in oklahoma city metro smaller but i have not been able to visually see them or see the damage. smaller because of the rain wrapped make them not impossible to be large but smaller bt can still do significant damage. >> what are you seeing out on the roads right now? we have been seeing the images of the cars stuck on the interstaáes. as you are out there right now i know you have a ton of traffic around you. still seeing people stuck out the

across metropolitan oklahoma city, oklahoma and into st. louis, missouri area. oklahoma city, about 6:00 local time, central daylight time tonight and race add cross the metropolitan area. very close to moore, oklahoma many reports of cars overturned. the governor reports five people have been killed in the oklahoma city area today alone. clean up will continue throughout the night and first light we'll have coverage tomorrow, fox and friends begins 4:00 a.m. central daylight time tomorrow, 5:00 on the east coast. our coverage continues now on fox news channel. i'm shepherd smith, thank you for being with us, i'll see you monday. >> as shepherd was just saying another night of extreme weather in america's heartland. hello, welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm kelly wright. oklahoma city area getting slammed with tornadoes. the warnings then moving to st. louis, missouri. and parts of illinois and iowa. the broad storm hitting oklahoma city and suburbs friday, causing havoc on interstate 40 which is now shut down. a trooper says the storm crumbled cars a

syria's flash flooding in oklahoma city in south of oklahoma city into the more area. h live pictures jacqueline? >> jacqueline: the view that they are showing you is the rain/and oklahoma city the are in the safe side oklahoma so they will not get a view of the tornado but rain. and lot of cannot be schuller's thunderstorms assisted with of tornadoes. does resume and went to oklahoma city to concede that there is a situation: on right now. destruct of hale with a golf ball sizes and heavy rotation. so something that why in rotation is buried very damaging. you can see the resolution a little bit better to stick to what we what is going on in oklahoma city. the disease some hooks that is associated with ago rotation's with the destruction of demands tornadoes and hill. hill hizero we did hear reports of a mile wide tornado. we will continue to monitor this back to grand >> reporter: the giants game has been postponed officially postponed. right now st. louis county is under a tornado warning. is not just oklahoma signals misery is suffering from the outbreak of serious

oklahoma city. kind of far out towards union city area. ornadoes in the first storm one going through the heart of oklahoma city. tried to stay with it. tornadoes were almost impossible to see. so dangerous that i bailed on the course. >> i understand that initial tornado that you're talking about had become a wedge tornado about a mile wide this, is something you're experienced with. you chase tornadoes for a living. what would it take for to you bail? >> problem was rain wrapped around the tornado to the point you couldn't see it. a lot of other storm chasers fell victim to that tornado. were hit and suffered injuries and damage to vehicles. like i said the risk was just too great. the point where we're getting that shot is just not worth your life. >> tony what do you see now? >> i'm trying to get around oklahoma city right now. i saw several house that's had been hit. they were doing search and rescue on many of those, they were also on i 40. between el reno and yukon. probably half a dozen semies. >> tony i understand flooding is a pro

oklahoma city. we're about 621 miles, so it was a big area. looding has subsided in north oklahoma city, because i'm driving that way right now. i don't know what's happening in south oklahoma city. but we're very concerned about the damage that that's caused, and we'll be out on the ground tomorrow morning doing damage assessments. >> because we were told that oklahoma city, the greater metropolitan area had 8 to 11 inches of rain in a relatively brief amount of time. is that right? >> yeah, in just a few hours. >> that's why you got this flooding. why are so many people still on the street driving around? >> well, oklahoma city is a busy place. we had events going on all over the place. just caught everybody up in those. once those events let out, people wanted to get home. it would have been better had they stayed at the facility a little longer to let those flood waters subside. >> do you have any information, kristy, about casualties, injuries? >> we have not heard of any in oklahoma city at this point. but it's probably a little too early

oklahoma city. casting a dark paul over the entire area. jay gray just talked to us from downtown oklahoma city. he describes the scenes as dark, empty scene. and seeking shelter in some iras as well. a tornado warning is declared for all of oklahoma city. folks are directed to get out of the area. local news is telling them to the street level where tornadoes may be brewing and where they may be headed. we have here, expert on disaster and disaster preparedness. the roads to get in and out of oklahoma city were just parking lots. in the wake of katrina and ir e irene, there was a lost talk about getting people out of way of a disaster and the ways were snust jn sufficient to deal with the traffic of level getting out p we heard from kfor, cars sitting bumper to bumter. are we good at getting people out of areas, are we get at helping folks. >> the idea to transport people and that may be in harm's way. when we lock at disaster plans for nuclear power plant, tornadoes, hurricanes and so forth. we don't have the systems in place to a lou for a predictably safe and sufficient evamation from many me

i think people forget how vast an area oklahoma city is. wise, it's a massive area, but now you add a million-plus people to that and people touring the area. does that pose any particular problem to you? i know you are accustomed to responding to any place, any time, anywhere when disaster strikes? >> caller: it does. this is such a widespread area here. these storms are so massive that their impact is far reaching. we have teams deployed in some cases with over 100 miles in between them. so the logistics of supply and reaching the needs and getting people to the needs is a great challenge. prior to this moment, today, our plan has been to deploy small distribution centers, right into the impact the areas, right into the neighborhoods. so, you know, there is a problem with transportation and family who is have lost their vehicles through the storm, the rental cars are all rented up. and to really meet the needs of humanity, we have to go exactly where they are. so that's going to be our plan going forward. but really, to overcome the logist

the national weather service has issued a tornado emergency for the western oklahoma city metro area. multiple tornadoes have already touched down west of oklahoma city. multiple twisters forming and gaining strength as we speak. we're talking about large and dangerous twisters, at least one with multiple vortices. oklahoma city's will rogers airport is being evacuated. all of this close to rush hour on a friday night. a lot of folks on the road. if you are in this area, you should take shelter now, get off the roads, get somewhere safe. do not wait. more than three million people are in the danger zone. chad myers joins me now from el reno, oklahoma with the latest. chad, we saw a tornado touching down in el reno about 6:37 or so local time. what's the situation there now? >> reporter: anderson, i don't know if you can see my shot or not, and if the control room can try to find it, i am in miles and miles of traffic, the most frustrating thing you can do if you're trying to get out of the way of a tornado is to go zero miles per hour. we are well away from the tornado. i think people

about 60,000 in the oklahoma city area. many, many in the areas that were affected on may 20th. >> the full extent of the storm's damage will be more apparent once daylight arrives. >>> this has been a tricky system today. our correspondents who have been there have been talking all night and the morning about how they were having trouble staying ahead of it. >> yeah. can you imagine that cloud you just saw in the rearview mirror? >> i cannot. >> unbelievable. just ahead, we'll go back to south of el reno, an area hit by two tornadoes. still got to get confirmation from the national weather service, but it's implied by the damage there. george howell is in oklahoma. we'll check in with him. this is cnn breaking news. >>> well, again, we continue with our coverage of the tornadoes in and around oklahoma city. i'm natalie allen. >>> i'm victor blackwell. we'll be live all morning long on cnn bringing you the very latest developments. >> here is the latest that we know on the storms. a series of tornadoes killed at least five p

that highway has been completely shut down under the oklahoma city area and the oklahoma highway patrol has been warning motorists to exit the highway and immediately seek shelter. interstate 40 funnels into downtown oklahoma city. and that appears to be the path that these tornadoes have chosen to take tonight. among the major population centers in the path of the storm is not a city at all, it is will rogers world airport. according to the airport's website more than a thousand passengers were moved to underground tunnels and shelters inside the airport tonight. all flights in and out of will rogers have been cancelled. janet sham lee an reports that passengers were told to go underground and put their hands on their heads. now in terms of injuries and i have to say potential fatalities,es so yited press is reporting as of now that a number of motorists along interstate 40 have been hurt under this storm. and that others are either missing or stranded at this hour. our local affiliate in oklahoma city, kfor, is doing an amazing job tonight. they report thus far that more than 22,000 p

and unfortunately, also, the entire oklahoma city area certainly seems to be under the gun. rom oklahoma city and just to the south. >> shepard: a 31,000 now officially without power. but that number is going change so fast, rick, that it's almost not worth reporting. these are pictures again, from jeff's vehicle, the storm chaser that is following along. k(u$y ses a tornado now on her camera. it's coming on the roof, and i'm on the north end. >> shepard: he is east of oklahoma city itself. on route to midwest city, tinker golf course, tinker air force base. this particular tornado is east of downtown oklahoma city, but still very much in the metro. can you tell what it's doing or is it too ñark? >> it's too dark, i have a number of power flashes, three minutes ago, i had 15 major power flashes. and just keep watching the screen, you will see a number of failure flashes. probably four miles and enclosesing in on my location. heading directly toward me and my location, i'm not moving right now, we are safe, okay, but i have have southeast winds at 70 miles an hour into thÑ tor

so people with no power, about 60,000 of them in the oklahoma city area. many areas were affected on may 20th. congressman tom koel of oklahoma, thanks so much for joining us and sharing some thoughts with our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we'll stay in touch with you. she's in charles county, which is in the western part of the st. louis. tell us what's going on where you are? >> about 30 minutes from the city of st. louis. here is what's going on in this area. straight line winds can do just as much damage. this is where the roof is. pieces of that 6,000 square foot home and they are all on the lawn of this house. this was their dream home. they built it from the ground up. there is just boards and debris everywhere. for a few minutes ago, mr. weiss, robert weiss took us inside. inside of all of the places, the common areas, it seems to me that he's in a little bit of shock right now. the dream home that you had wished for all of your life is sitting, actually, your front yard. now, this area has had quite a lot of damage. we've

he has been traveling around the oklahoma city area, central oklahoma, all night.rge, we know in a the rain has become a major factor. the flooding. is it pouring there? and what has changed about the elements and the conditions in that area. >> we ventured here south of dell reno. we're south of 81. i'm looking at a gentleman's home. the front end of that home is destroyed. certainly by the tornado that came through here. he's too distraught to talk to us about what he's seeing right now, with what's left of his home. down the street, it's dark. but his home is one of the lucky ones. it seems like the home next to his is gone. and the home next to that is gone. down the street, there are downed power lines. we've stopped. we're not going any further. we're setting up a live signal to show you what we're seeing. on the way here, let me tell you. on internet 35, driving north, we were hit by heavy rain. we drove into oklahoma city. made that interchange. got into 40 heading west. as we got near yukon we got to the trucks that were tossed by boxes. on i-40, you see t

they say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but tornados are drawn to the oklahoma city areay night's twisters killed at least five in oklahoma and injured 70 others. it spooked residents rushing for cover. the tornado-spawning storm system has for the most part moved across oklahoma which is in a state of emergency room after the may 20th tornado. it's menacing missouri and illinois. the governor has declared a state of emergency, and after several days of heavy rains, flooding a real danger. missouri has been drenched by heavy rains. >> they are bracing illinois for damaging hail and the threat of more tornados. the storms have knocked out power now to more than 212,000 people in many states, oklahoma, missouri, illinois, arkansas and indiana. >> 212,000 people without power. well, looking at some of the other stories making headlines now. >> four fire fighters died fighting a fire in houston friday. it happened when a wall collapsed in a hotel. other fire fighters tried to save their colleagues. >> going to go in the history of the houston fire department as the worst day

area has been devastated by tornados. there are reports as many as 23 tornados touching down on in five states. >> in oklahoma, it's dejavu for the oklahoma city area. five deaths being blamed on the storms including a mother and her child. 71 other people were injured, but as morning breaks and the sun comes up, we may get new reports of injury and damage. the same storm that brought tornados brought 11 inches of rain to place like oklahoma. and residents are being told to stay inside because of the storm threats. >> missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency. the main airport there in st. louis is open again. it closed last night, so they could clear debris from the runways. a tornad touched down nearby and the storms brought 70 miles per hour winds and damaging hail. >> we begin our coverage out of oklahoma with george howl, and he is in one of the communities hit hard by the storm. >> george, you have been out there all night and what are you seeing in terms of damage? >> reporter: south of el reno where we are right now, i can tell you we get the on again and off again heavy rain. most of it was guys mention is this. you see wh

five tornadoes touched ground in the oklahoma city area. >> and union city for homes that were standings you can see have all been blown away by the tornado. >> the storm dropped twister after twister yesterday's it with the least five tornadoes in the area and some people were able to get out of the way of the danger. however several people were killed. >>a two-alarm fire destroyed the french restaurant 'chez spencer' in san francisco this morning. us live now from the mission district with more details. good morning yoli. a pinole man is in jail this morning after police say they found child pat hise. they were investigating a report that this man - thomas holdener had wednesday. when a search warrant was served yesterday - police say they found a large stash of child pornography. they say a stolen jet ski was also found. at the martinez jail. the suspect in a fatal stabbing in san jose remains at large this morning. the western part of the city on mag-lio-co drive around 10 p-m. old victim lying in a car port, suffering multiple stab wounds. they have not released the name of the vic

the oklahoma city area still reeling from the ef-5 tornado that destroyed the town of moore two weeks ago once again caught the worst of it. the storms hit during friday rush hour, and with memories of moore still fresh, many tried to flee on the roads. and for some it would be a deadly choice. >> most of those victims, if not all, came out of vehicles. >> the tornado that ripped through el reno, oklahoma, proved especially unpredictable. it made an unexpected left-hand turn, suddenly traveling north. it caught even experienced storm chasers completely by surprise. >> that thing is rotating. >> it is? >> storm chaser tim samaras seen on discovery channel's storm chasers show along with his son

for more bodies were recovered in the oklahoma city area.n. 19 people are now reported dead from friday's deadly weather in oklahoma, missouri, at an arkansas. among the dead storm chasers killed tracking a twister and oklahoma. searchers are still trying to locate seven missing people in the oklahoma city area. among those still unaccounted for are two adults, and five children. >> thank you james. 838 after two months of battling the waterfront, the $8 million bay bridge light show as having trouble with some of its lights. while most of the 25,000 l e d lights continue to dance across the western span, hundred simply are not cooperating disrupting the shows full effect. the project public relations person says the problem is that some lights are stuck in one position as summer stuck in the off position-- summer stock on the on position. the malfunctioning spike in mid may, and now the team is trying to save something with the weather is to blame. the word is the probable for the temporary shutdown of the light show for repairs. >> a quick

researchers are still trying to locate seven missing people in oklahoma city area. among those still unaccounted for 2 adults and five children. >> powerful storms in missouri calls a metal canopy at a gas station to collapse onto cars trapping people inside. a worker at the gas station rescued a mother and her two children from their crashed car. a man in the other damage car also escaped injury. searshis damage and ferguson or part of this deer weather system that spawned and ef3 tornado friday night in sections of eastern missouri. >> cooler temperatures and yes more clouds. we will get a little bit of a break outside. we do have coastal clouds sneaking the end. take a look at your temperatures. santa rosa dropped to the upper 40's. oakland is at 56 degrees. it is 51 degrees waking up in sunnyvale. we will see very few 80s today. most of us will be in the '60s and '70s. it is still pretty warm for livermore coming in at 80 degrees. there are no '90s in the forecast today, the evening will be a another cold one. the return of the '60s. we will remain in the '60s f

areas here over 12 inches. 8 everythings along oklahoma city a-- 8 inches along oklahoma city. a couple of fatalities across parts of arkansas two days ago from flooding and water rescues yesterday morning around the kansas city area and all of the additional rain fell yesterday. you see all of the areas in maroon that is flash flooding going on right now. still a severe threat for us today, guys. a little farther off toward the east and not as big of a tornado threat today. the threat for severe weather from around detroit across parts of western iowa and then stretched down through the mississippi river valley and all the way back across area of texas down towards northern mexico with this. we will see a few tornadoes today but you mostly pretty significant wind and hail today. tomorrow, across the northeast. all the big cities tomorrow getting in on this from d.c. through baltimore, philly, new york city and much of upstate new york and northern new england. guys? >> thanks, rick. >> meanwhile, take a look at this. a meteorologistis meteorologise weather channel was hurt afte

oklahoma city area getting slammed with multiple tornadoes first. the warnings then moving to st. louis, missouri and arts of ill skpil iowa.qÑi this broad storm hitting oklahoma city and causing havoc on interstate 40. oklahoma patrol trooper says the storm crumbled car as long the major artery connecting suburbs located east and west of the city. there is a tractor trailer rig flying over him. we've confirmed a mother and baby were unfortunately killed their bodies reportedly found near their vehicle. numbers have yet to be confirmed. some 54,000 people without power, hail making it difficult for responders to we'll see them get to the ground as soon as sun rises tomorrow, rick this started around 6:00 p.m. >> yes. so some areas have seen over five inches of rain. what that means big time flooding going on. and so much rain ask so dig organized. it's been hard to do an assessment of what the situation is. overnight new tornado watch posted here much of indiana and parts of kentucky until 6:00 in the morning. indiana ind looking at threat of tornadoes. two watches in southern part

in the oklahoma city area, george, describe what you are seeing, and the situation on the ground. >> reporter: we are seeing the sky line of oklahoma city. i can tell you that, you know, driving in off interstate 35, the highway is free and clear. there is rain coming down. heavy rain in spots, the drive in was not bad. it was fine. we do hear the reports of flooding. the reports of water rescues from our affiliates. we hear five people are confirmed to have died in the storm. we will know more in the light of day after the damage the storm caused. you drive into oklahoma city, you see the intermittent showers, and hits the heavy rain. it has subsided in the city itself. we want to check out, as you mentioned a minute ago, the reports of flooding in the city itself. we will see what is there now. >> the the word to all residents is, don't get on the streets unless you have to. how do you describe the flow of traffic r people heeding that advice? western avenue will take us into the city to see what the case is on the streets. i can't say at this point. i-35, and now, interstate 40, it

oklahoma city, mick, you rode out the storm in oklahoma city, is that right? >> that's right, melissa. right now, we have a lot of people looking at the outlying areas for damage. there's localized flooding, hail, high wind. the tornado that killed that mother and child west of oklahoma city, it apparently pulled up as it went over the oklahoma city city limits. i imagine it had to touchdown in city limits, but i don't know. all in all, very fortunate tonight. the night is not over. our fingers are still crossed. we feel we came out as best as you could hope. >> give us a sense on a day like this, when people have been heavily warned the storm systems are pulling through and can easily spawn violent tornadoes like we saw today, how does oklahoma city and places react, what do people do differently, do they follow orders, are there plenty of shelters to hide in? >> we had about 48 hours' warning with this storm, been telling us a couple days this is going to be a high risk area. i think most people were tuned into the media around 4:00, 5:00, just when the storm started to stir up in western oklahoma. when that happens, they generally produce tornadi

for more bodies recovered in the oklahoma city area. en. 19 people reported dead from this fight is deadly weather in oklahoma, missouri and arkansas. among the dead storm chasers killed tracking a twister and oklahoma. for many in oklahoma still try to recover from a deadly tornado the week before, this latest outbreak is an overwhelming one. >> we're still evaluating the damage. not only do we have the tornado storm damage but we also have serious flooding throughout the state. it has been hard to handle this magnitude of disasters throughout the state but we will recover. >> searchers are still trying to locate seven people are still missing in the oklahoma city area among those accounted for two adults and five children. >> we will be right back here is the kron 4 morning news look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah

>> all of the damage is 30 miles to the west of oklahoma city, on i-40, the storms are us of the area and they have a -- are out of the area and they have a couple of dry days coming. >> more "fox and friends" in the after the show show at foxandfriends.com. >> well, on top of the over the top storms. those via mother nature and those via uncle sam. the fall out from the deadly twister in oklahoma and a new and scary twist on the irs crackdown on conservatives, turns out it was not only groups. it was individual, individual donors. for the next two hours we are going to give you the latest on both and a lot more, because severe weather warnings are still posted for most of oklahoma and missouri, and now problems are building for obama and the white house, and the irs, we have you covered today on a mile-wide twister that left a lot of devastation. oklahoma's governor will be here in a moment. and a deepening irs scandal that continues to raise more questions than answers. first to the fall-out after it was lights out in oklahoma n a region that barely got back on its feet. mike, what

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we are dealing with severe thunderstorms in the oklahoma city area. e are no tornado warnings on this storm system, but you can see we do have rain still coming down and water just has nowhere to go. oklahoma city has picked up a record rainfall for the month of may, with more than a foot of rain, and a lot of it coming in the past several days. the rain is going to continue through the night. heavy downpours in a short period of time create flash flooding. that's why we have flash flood warnings posted until about 4:00 tomorrow morning. then you have just regular flood warnings after that. that's the creeks and rivers and streams that have overflowed their banks, but the flooding you're seeing in these pictures and video, this is flash flooding because of the intensity of the rain that came down so fast, the ground is already saturated with water, and water just goes up and into the streets and the sidewalks, the parking garages, homes. we're going to walk wa sidewalks and parking garages. we'll see flooding as a big issue for the next several days. t

. >> reporter: the most terrifying images, still from the oklahoma city area. where 48,000 remain without power. 200 can't live in their homes. >> you never think this is going to happen. you know, to you. >> reporter: as if the tornado wasn't enough, the storms brought flash floods that gnawed away at the land. entire communities displaced. homes look like they're bobbing in at least four feet of water. >> there's the top of my boots. and there's my knees. it's pretty deep out here. >> reporter: now, that same system marching east, bringing hail, damaging winds and flooding. record rainfall drowned the roads in paducah, kentucky. this man using a bucket to clear his car of water. residents in ft. wayne, indiana, forced to evacuate their homes. and around st. louis, homes leveled by high winds and at least three confirmed tornadoes. even though we are right here in oklahoma and the weather much better, i want to show you where the severe weather will be threatening today. you know how hot you've been in the northeast. the humidity, high. well, it is ready to er

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these are new pictures from the oklahoma city area. homes and other structures are hearly dama lly or destroyed. yesterday's twitters killed nine, injured dozens more miles from where another monster tornado left 24 dead last week. >>> as the oklahoma city area residents cope with flash flooding right now, lessons learned from surviving a massive tornado. from kfor showing miles of cars on oklahoma city area highways. those folks who are fleeing for safety in the midst of the storms. joining me now from oklahoma city is the city's mayor, mick cornett. let's talk about, first of all, flooding, flash flooding updates. tell me if your city's under water in any areas or the surrounding areas. >> you know, our city drains really well. once it stops raining. we had four hours of torrential downpour and the flooding did get quite concerning. this morning, 99.9% of the city's probably fine. there's a few basements that are wet. we had some city buildings that had basement damage. for the most part our city doesn't have long-term flooding issues

five people are dead in the oklahoma city area after a series of tornadoes overnig. >>> here's a look at this morning's top story, five people are dead in oklahoma city after a series of tornadoes overnight. this morning emergency crews are surveying the extent of the damage. a powerful rain and hail storm made it difficult for drivers to see the funnel clouds and some cars overturned on interstate 40. tornadoes also struck in the st. louis area, tearing off roofs and ripping away porches. >>> fire crews in the angeles ncial forest continue to battle a stubborn wildfire that broke out on thursday. it is burning in rough terrain about 30 miles north of los angeles. 1,500 acres have been torched so far. the fire is only 15% contained. at least one structure has been destroyed. several power lines are also in the fire's path. >>> the transtube track damage that caused a commute nightmare yesterday is now fully repaired. the problem started when two maintenance vehicles crashed on the oakland side of the tube, damaging the third rail early yesterday morning. trains had to single track und

there's still a great storm system over the oklahoma city area. right now, i don't see any tornado warning. it's still a very big storm system. one thing that i can talk to you about, in a situation like this, you've got two options. you can go for a storm shelter, if that's your only omgs. or you can get out early. however, the highways did back up. perhaps too late. people ran into heavy rain and hail. so you still see people leaving oklahoma city, but just for record, a lot of people did get out of the way pretty quickly, anderson. >> yeah, and, again, when i talked to the governor of oklahoma, governor fallon, about two hours or so ago, she made a point of stressing that a lot of businesses closed early. tried to get their people out early in the day. there's a big concern about the oklahoma highway patrol reporting overturned tractor trailers and cars. one fatality confirm. >> how are you holding up? >> i'm fine. i've been praying and singing the lord's prayer and singing amazing grace. >> do you have anyone else with you? or just your cat? >

lou: the deadly tornado that hit the oklahoma city area last week, breaking stunning records, accordingervice that tornado at one point was 2.6-miles wide. that makes that tornado the widest tornado ever measured on earth. it was also upgraded to an ef5 it packed winds up t to 295-mils an hour, two rare ef5 tornados hit the oklahoma city area in under a month, last friday's is blamed for 19 deaths. and the tornado in moore, oklahoma killed 24 people. we were supposed to have bob goodlot join us. you can see, we're looking at house of representatives. things got busy this evening. the house right now is taking up a veteran's affair appropriations bill that would increase funding for veteran claim processors in the hope it will help end the massive backlog of some 600,000 cases, that is 600,000 veterans, are in that backlog right now waiting, an average over 270 days to receive their benefits. congressman goodlot is there voting, and will not be able to join us tonight. we want to extend our apologies for them. it may not be just the irs by the way targets conservatives, conservative orga

oklahoma city returned to what's left of their homes. this is union city, oklahoma, you were looking at. nine people killed mork more than 100 hurt when tornadoes ripped through the areaarea and officials are also reporting localized power outages, moore, oklahoma, we found out a short time ago, took another direct hit when a tornado tore through the state late friday. residents were still cleaning up after that massive tornado leveled much of the city just 11 days ago, killing 24 people. joining me by phone now, congressman tom cole, a native of moore, oklahoma, represents that area. congressman, this is the second time in less than two weeks your hometown has taken a direct him. i would imagine this is unprecedented in your lifetime. no? >> it really is. we certainly have had a lot of storms but to have itself veerity back to back and the damage is now clays basically spread through the whole city. i was out this morning, in my house now which has no power power and the back fence is down, a lot of debris in the yard, we are pretty lucky. now more people have lost their roofs and considerable dan. people trying to clean up, as your report suggested, had their proble

communities moving close by the moore area, down by norman which is university of oklahoma, and it just passed through tinker air force base area right outside of oklahoma city. as i said, sirens are going off here in oklahoma city right now. our biggest challenge has been it came on about the time people leaving from work so we had major interstates, i-35 which ran in front of the area that was hit in moore so bad where the businesses, where all the media was located during the last tornado last week. so that highway's been backed up with traffic and i-40 which is the east and west interstate across oklahoma, also had a lot of traffic and we do know there was some damage and overturned semis on that highway so two of our major interstates have been backed up with traffic. i called out the national guard, of course, and our highway patrol and we have local police out trying to get these people that are stuck in really bad traffic -- >> governor, what advice can you give anybody who may be in a car stuck in what they're calling a parking lot now on one of these interstates, should they stay in their car, should they leave, get on the ground? what should they

i want to show you the length or the amount of area that we are talking about so oklahoma city and we work our way all the way up to st. louis and we are talking about 5 or 600 miles of severe weather across the midwest. the oklahoma city area, right now we have got tornado warns of east of st. louis and all the little icons represent tornadoes that have occurs that's been on the ground and reported. a lot of the tornadoes is north and east of st. louis. we have to warnings in effect. back here our concerns are for fire, a red flag warning went into effect this morning. that red flag warning impact the valley and the north valley and the solano county in the bay area, what i have been saying all day, it does not matter, i mean it is a big deal that this is here but, just because we don't have a red flag warning, we are right there. you are ten miles a way in napa so consider yourself a red flag warning. much higher fire danger. napa is just a few miles away. the red flag warning so assume the fire danger tomorrow obviously for the bay area is much higher especially those in land bay v

. >>> searchers are trying to find seven people missing in the oklahoma city area. there have been 13 confirmed deaths from friday's tornadoes and flash floods. larry jacobs has the latest. >> reporter: relatives and friends joined in the search for a 34-year-old woman and eight-year-old girl after the latest weather hit the oklahoma city area. five tornadoes on friday followed by torrential rains and farms, cars and mobile homes submerged. it ripped open a sinkhole. flooding wasn't confined to oklahoma. the rescue crews had to pluck this family from springfield, missouri. the body of a four-year-old boy was recovered on sunday. also among the dead, three storm chasers, his son paul and his colleague, carl young. >> he devoted his life to saving others lives and to be able to capture tornadoes and to be able to save lives through the technology he has developed. >> in a reno clean up is underway and crews, woulding to restore electricity to tens of thousands. >> the help has been overwhelming. >> the violent weather that caused the destruction moved to the northeast

. >>> searchers are trying to find seven people missing in the oklahoma city area. there have been 13 confirmed deaths from friday's tornadoes and flash floods. larry jacobs has the latest. >> reporter: relatives and friends joined in the search for a 34-year-old woman and eight-year-old girl after the latest weather hit the oklahoma city area. five tornadoes on friday followed by torrential rains and farms, cars and mobile homes submerged. it ripped open a sinkhole. flooding wasn't confined to oklahoma. the rescue crews had to pluck this family from springfield, missouri. the body of a four-year-old boy was recovered on sunday. also among the dead, three storm chasers, his son paul and his colleague, carl young. >> he devoted his life to saving others lives and to be able to capture tornadoes and to be able to save lives through the technology he has developed. >> in a reno clean up is underway and crews, woulding to restore electricity to tens of thousands. >> the help has been overwhelming. >> the violent weather that caused the destruction moved to the northeast

even some large hail and also we're still seeing a threat of tornadoes around the oklahoma city area where we saw deadly tornadoes on friday, and two weeks ago we saw a deadly one just south of oklahoma city. it's still june, still a threat of severe weather out here. the risk of flooding around oklahoma and extending out through the midwest. temperatures here into the 30s, okay city at 25. miami you're seeing showers here on tuesday. the tropics right here, june 1st is the official start of the hurricane season if is bringing heavy rainfall. as far as europe, clearer for the most part. about 40 millimeters is expected around the czech republic. thankfully some of the rivers are reseeding. but it is still an on going situation. the good news, high pressure is coming in from the west. we're going to see warmer temperatures. and that's a look at your world weather. here is a look at your extended forecast. >>> a group of preschoolers got an unusual lesson in dental high green when they took turns brushing the teeth of a hippopotamus. a zoo in western japan hosted the event as part of a

area. oklahoma city got about 11" of rain overnight. many people are now evacuating their homes surrounded by water. edward lawrence joins us from el reno. these storms just keep on coming. >> they don't get a break here in the oklahoma city area. ann, this storm was bad because it caught people off guard in their cars. it met during rush hour and you add in the folks who knew the storm was coming and then they jumped in their cars to run away from it creating gridlock on the highway as the storm hit. people in the suburbs around oklahoma city are salvaging what they can from tornado-damaged homes and businesses. in el reno, west of oklahoma city, a tornado twisted metal at this restaurant where workers were riding out the storm. >> just held on to each other and got everybody --we hid under the staircase right here. there were seven of us. >> reporter: at this aviation school in el reno the tornado picked up and threw planes like they were small sticks. friday's outburst of deadly tornadoes and violent thunderstorms brought damaging wi

at least five new tornadoes hit the oklahoma city area last night. at this incredible video taken by some storm chasers. that's just one of the tornadoes forming in el reno about 25 miles outside of oklahoma city. at least nine people are dead, including two children. more than 70 people were hurt. el reno and union city suffered much of the damage and this comes less than two weeks after a huge tornado plowed through moore, oklahoma. now the oklahoma city area is dealing with major flooding. look at the collapsed road in eastern oklahoma county. huge. some areas have seen as much as 11 inches of rain. missouri was hit by storms, too. road closed all over and hundreds of homes were damaged. remarkably, no one was killed. i've got steve patterson on the line, he's a reporter in missouri. thanks for joining us. what are you seeing there this morning? >> caller: thanks for having me, alison. widespread damage over our st. louis area here. really, if you think about it, the national weather service reporting four tornadoes that had touched down in this a

the aftermath of several tornadoes that tore through the oklahoma city area. not far from the communities hard hit by deadly twisters less than two weeks ago. >> it's pretty chaotic. there's a lot of destruction. reporter: much of the damage in the town along interstate 40. tractor-trailers toppled. cars stuck in traffic as they tried to escape the storms, flipped. several people were killed, including a mother and her baby. they were traveling on the interstate and their car was sucked up into the tornado and they were sucked out of their vehicle. >> the terror on the roadways captured on camera by storm chasers. >> we're going to die! >> despite the danger, parts of a barn smashing into their windshield, the storm chasers survived. but 100 other people were hurt and today the severe floods left behind still posing a serious challenge. >> life safety continues to be the most important thing going on here. all the powerlines that are down. there's some roads that have been affected by this. reporter: you can see even more damage. the walls smashed. airplanes t

less than two weeks after a deadly twister tore through the city of moore, oklahoma, another round of tornados hit the oklahoma city area the storms now stands at nine. seven adults and two children. for more we go live to nbc's janet shamlian on the ground in oklahoma city. i'm sorry, janet. >> reporter: hi, melissa. yeah, in addition to that death toll rising as you just indicated, we hear there are hundreds of people that have been injured. some 90,000 in the metro oklahoma city area without power. power crews are out this morning, as are folks picking up debris. that's really two of the issues. but the major story here is that this is going to be a flooding concern. after the storms, the five tornados passed through this area last night, the rain continued until very early this morning. the entire region under a flood watch. where we are is downtown right now and that phrase the chamber of commerce day, it fieleels li that. it's hard to believe what happened here last night, there's not a cloud in the sky. but there's cleanup taking place all over the city and there's high water, not here downtown but in a lot of ou

cleanup underway today, aftermath of several tornadoes that tore through the oklahoma city area. >> it's pretty chaotic. there is a lot of destruction that happened. >> most of the damage was in el reno. tractor-trailers toppled, cars that were stuck in traffic as they tried to escape the giant storm slipped. several people were killed including a mother and her baby. >> they were traveling on the interstate and the car was sucked up into the tornado and they were sucked out of the vehicle. >> the terror on the roadways captured by storm chaseers. >> we're going to die! >> parts of a barn smashing into their windshield. storm chaser survived, more than a hundred other people were hurt. today the severe flooding left behind the storms gave a serious challenge. >> it continues to be most important thing going on here. there are power lines that are down. there are roads that have been affected by this. >> you can see more of the damage the brick walls smashed. airplanes thrown into buildings and while it's sunny here today, severe weather could be parts of texas, missouri and through the g

the really scary thing we see a place like oklahoma city that has had these really intense tornadoes hit populated areasave had surprisingly few fatalities. these people are very well prepared and accustomed to these storms. any of the tornadoes that hit oklahoma cities in the recent days have gone through other cities. even those located in the plains but aren't as frequent as oklahoma city, we probably would have had a much worse scenario. >> anything you could see that was different about yesterday's storms that blew through that caused so many, including experienced chasers to get stuck in the path of these storms? >> that's a difficult question. we were not there. that was our last day in the plains. i was bringing a group of students home. we spent about an hour and a half debating about whether or not we should extend our trip by an extra day and kind of pay the late charges, so to speak, of staying out. and the thing that caused us to go ahead and go home in part was the urban nature of that day's chases. we knew there were going it be a lot of people, chasers and residents and we knew it was go

the second time in two weeks people in oklahoma were waking up to devastation after strong storms and tornadoes ripped through their area. here's video from union city just outside oklahoma city. you can see twin tornadoes forming over an open field as the storm chasers took off, sheet metal hit the front of their vehicle along with massive bails of hay and other debris. we'll talk to them later this morning. we'll hear from the weather channel's mike bet tess who was in an suv thrown 200 yards by a twister. although he and his crew are banged up, thankfully they're doing pretty well. >> at least five people are confirmed dead this morning, 70 others hurt. those numbers are expected to increase. >> flooding is a major concern for oklahoma and for several other states this morning. in fact, the national weather service says the oklahoma floodwaters could be, quote, life threatening and flash flood watches are in effect from oklahoma to indiana. >> unfortunately we have to say more severe weather could be in store for a large section of the country, including possible tornados from central texas all the way up to cleveland, ohio. back in oklahoma city

oklahoma city, radar is on right now, and they are still dealing with the thunderstorms and the rain. as you look toward the st. louis area, that radar is still on some rain falling as well. we do have flash flood warnings going and rainfall rates are 3 to 5 inches an hour. the red here over oklahoma city indicating the tornadoes that moved through that area earlier today. as you look at the tornado watch boxes still in affect. the thunderstorm watch box and so far the number of tornado reports are 21. we have our own concerns here. red flag warning until 7:00 tomorrow. gusts to 30 miles an hour and relative humidity as low as 10%. so the fire danger west of interstate 5 of course remains highest. the gustest winds are -- gustiest winds are expected. i'll tell you how much hotter we will get. >> and with that warm up, the bay area firecrews are on high alert this first weekend of june. they are prepared for what is a very early start to fire season. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has more. >> at the cal fire station in morgan hill, this fire truck has been driven on to the lot. it is part of the preparations being mad

at least six touchdowned in the oklahoma city area. come on the heel of the deadly tornadoes from less than two weeks ago in the city of moore that killed 24 people. >> it's a sombering feeling, you know, just to see all your stuff, your memories. for your child, just scattered around. >> now, the aftermath of heavy rains has caused widespread flooding in the metro area. there are several reports of water going into homes and dozens of people having to be rescued on the streets. >>> it is a day of mourning for houston firefighters after four of their own died fighting a motel fire yesterday making it the deadliest day in that department's history. the firefighters were searching for people they thought might be trapped inside this motel when the roof collapsed during a five alarm fire. one firefighter is in critical condition and another is in surgery. the cause of the fire is undetermined. >>> a hepatitis a break out has been linked to frozen berries. at least 30 people have been sickened in california, colorado, new mexico, nevada, a