payton jaeger, a reporter for our affiliate kfor is in el reno with the latest. >> reporter: frances and marlie, we're outside the hotel where the tornado first touched down in el reno, oklahoma th saturday night and the pe s dark. just beforreno >> all of a sudden we saw the green flash in the air, and then we started hearing a tornado si. >> reporter: a twister touched down >> we just got hit by a tornado. >> reporter:e est, the ef-3 ble than 2 miles, winds 165 miles an hour >> the units respond and we have one on the ground. >> reporter: at sun up, the extent of the damage was stark this motel took a direct hit this is what it looked like before and after shane clark's mobile home destroyed. >> when i heard the glass and everything started exploding, i thought we were dead >> reporter: all day long search and rescue teams sifted through mangled debris looking for anyone that might be buried under the rubble el reno is battered, but all too familiar with natural disasters like this. 60 years ago a powerful tornado ripped up this community taking eight lives. mayor matt white, a fou