talk to us, susan. >> reporter: don, for the first time we are starting to hear sirens, sirens that authorities said we would be hearing and now that time has come. again, the warning for people here in wichita is that they need to get inside if they aren't already. i don't know if you can hear this. let me see if i can hold the phone out for a second. i think it's a bit too distant now. it comes and goes. but in any case, the idea now is people need to hunker down here. this is a highly populated area. this had been prom night for a lot of kids. so hopefully they are inside a venue. i understand there's a concert in town. just as people in this hotel where we are staying are doing the same thing. we've been seeing some people who live in the neighborhood even come over here to take shelter, because they said they don't have basements in their house. they don't have a storm shelter and this is a safe place for them to be. so we're expecting the arrival as jacqui was talking about. it could be in this area within a half hour. once you hear the siren, that's it. time to get inside. >> yeah. good

the devastation where the sirens never sounded.here's supposed to protect the commander-in-chief but now are accused of using prostitutes. what the president had to say about a scandal involving the secret service. good evening. it could be lost in the ocean forever. tonight a vigil for the sailors still missing monday after a deadly yacht race accidents. the yacht ran aground about 25 mi. from the golden gate bridge. tonight we have new information about the sailors and the search. >> creek coast guard cutters and helicopters spent most of the day scourings 5,000 mi. of square ocean, at sunset and decided to suspend the search and sent condolences to the families. friends and fellow sailors hist console one another at the san fransisco yacht club in belvidere following an evening vigils for one known dead and four missing sailors. early saturday morning the 38 ft. yacht left the club to take part in a sailing tradition dating back more than 100 years. the annual race from san fransisco bay out and around the fairmount islands, it

a backup to a backup will save lives. >> reporter: sirens are intended for outdoor use only. there's no regulation from state to state, county to county on how they work or when they're sounded. when budgets get cut, they're often the first to go. >> tornado warnings can be issued when radar indicates or when storms are confirmed by educated, experienced spotters or emergency officials. just look at this tornado we saw born in oklahoma. >> you don't see it touch the ground, but it's a full tornado. you can see some of it right at the base and then some at the top. when those two meet, that's how the tornado forms. we've called 911. >> the new noaa warnings are so important no matter how you get them. >> what we're attempting to do is communicate risks. often times people made a judgement about whether they're in danger based on their past experience. a lot of people don't have those experiences. >> reporter: what do you do when you aren't home? download an app that gives the noaa radio warnings via text. >> you always want to have multiple ways of receiving that information,

. >> the sirens messed up, i guess. a lot of people didn't get enough warning. >> the warning was out, but sirens didn't go off early sunday morning. lightning shorted them out in an earlier storm. then the ef-3 tornado with max

he said it was a very new siren system, so something happened to that siren system last night before that midnight tornado. so i want to get to this. we do have our first tornado warning of the morning right now. i'll show you where it is in oklahoma. this is the line of storms we're watching all the way from wisconsin to texas. expecting things to fire up once again today. not expected to be nearly as serious as yesterday in terms of the breadth and depth. over 121 reports of tornados yesterday alone. here's tulsa, oklahoma. this pink box showing you a tornado warning where a tornado has been spotted on radar with the potential for a tornado. this storm system moving northeast now at 60 miles per hour. the counties osage, rogers, and northern tulsa county, that's where that is, and that is posted until 6:15 central time this morning. i want to get to the big picture. here's the same scenario, the same exact set-up. it's a little bit farther east, and a little bit farther north. bull's-eye today, believe it or not, oklahoma and texas and kansas. it is not. it's up here. it's wisconsi

of course, one other thing we have to make, you can't rely on sirens. that is for outdoors only. you have to have a noaa weather radio or an app to take responsibility and keep your family safe. >> thanks to you. and to north of where ginger is tonight in creston, iowa, a close call where a hospital took a direct hit. it turned out a tornado drill just days ago made all the difference. clayton sandell is in iowa. >> reporter: good evening to you. you can see from this bedroom exposed to the outside world this town took a huge hit. and so many people we talked to today said being prepared for a tornado saved lives. dana hodge returned to her apartment today to collect pieces of her life. >> my son's baby pictures and guitar. >> reporter: her home is in shambles and just down tears, her neighbor came back and found this. >> oh, my god! >> not touched! >> reporter: they knew storms were coming but this twister formed so fast there was no time for an official warning before impact. no sirens. >> suddenly, we heard a loud noise and i said, let's get out of here. >> reporter: even with

a second siren, the second time you hear that siren does not mean you can come out. that means something is still happening, wolf? >> you know what's amazing to me, chad, and you understand this so you can explain this. some home, the roofs are intact and they seem to be okay, but right next door the home is completely destroyed. is that the result of structural differences in those two homes or is it something else? >> it's being hit by the vortex itself been being hit by the tornado where the house just to the right of that house that's almost gone is completely still there. it's why some of those trailers, somebody's tractor trailers are still sitting where they are. the wind speed inside the vortex will be 150 miles per hour inside the tornado itself yet only about 50 yards away, the winds may only be 70. 70 compared to 150 is a drastic difference. it doesn't seem it. it only seems twice as much, but with wind speed and wind force, when you double the wind speed you more than quadruple the force on the home. so the 70-mile-per-hour mark was under the shingles whe

in one community, the entire siren warning system was knocked out before the tornado ripped apart the town. in another community, the hospital was almost wiped off the map. today the threat is not over as this monster storm system creeps east. >> eerily familiar scenes from the past year. wild, wild weather. >> yes. >>> also this morning, tragedy off the coast of northern california during a yacht race. it could be the worst boating accident in years involving a monster wave. the search of those missing bere zums today at daybreak. >> very sad story. >>> also, the guy in wisconsin who gets phone call after phone call after dancing with the stars. fans calling to vote for their favorite contestant, but, sorry, wrong number. that must be so annoying. >> i would be annoying as you know what to get those calls. >> i wonder if he's enjoying it. >> i doubt it. he'll be a contestant next season. stay tuned. >>> classes are canceled today in woodward, oklahoma, as the tiny town tries to cope with the monster storm's aftermath. dozens of homes and businesses were destroyed by those powerful wi

i had to get that out there, because sirens are just there for outside warnings. our abc affiliates here were awesome, they were all over it. look at this, minnesota, wisconsin, iowa, and northwest illinois in the moderate risk. that's the areas where isolated tornadoes, damaging wind, hail is likely. so, this is not over. it will be continuing to go through tonight. into early tomorrow and then the threat level starts to diminish. i'll have a full forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. back to you all. >> ginger, she makes an excellent point of personal responsibility. >>> we want to get to ron claiborne who has the other head lines. >>> north korea's new leader is making his first public speech emphasizing that nation's military first policy, ruling out another new missile. abc's bob woodruff is in the north korean capital where they celebrated the 100th birthday of the nation's late founder. bob? >> another big parade downtown. the big change today, the voice of the new leader kim jong-un, we never heard from his father. this time, kim jong-un spoke fo

sirens have absolutely no federal or state regulation. it is really up to the individual to have a noaa weather radio. i had to get that out there, because sirens are just for outdoor warnings. the local stations did an incredible job. our abc affiliates here were awesome and all over and they will be today across parts of the heartland again. look at this, minnesota, wisconsin, iowa, and northwest illinois in the moderate risk. that's the area where isolated tornadoes, damaging wind and hail is likely. from that orange area though stretching all the way to houston, you're included in the risk too, so this is not over. it will be continuing to go through tonight, into early tomorrow and then the threat level starts to diminish. i'll have a full forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. back to you all. >> ginger makes an excellent point about personal responsibility. >>> a lot of other news breaking overnight, so we want to get to ron claiborne who has the other headlines. >> good morning, dan and paula. >>> north korea's new leader

did they get the siren warning in time or not? >> reporter: you know, sirens are meant really for people who are outside so this happened late at night, actually shortly after midnight. about half the sirens went out. they were watching television, the tv stations do a great job here. so they knew the storm was coming, but when it flattens your home, there's only so much you can do. the fatalities happened at a trailer park down the road and also a couple out in their car. they may not have heard the sirens or the media reports and they may have been in a bad place at a bad time. >> rob, we're taking a look at storm chasing video. and i came in this morning to this really dreadful picture of you with what looked like two twisters behind you. were you chasing storms? >> reporter: yeah, we were out chasing all weekend. we knew it would be a high-risk day. we teamed up with seasoned storm chasers, and we actually went after the cells that came through woodward earlier in the day. the tornado picture that you see was a tornado storm t

. >> we heard the sirens probably a good maybe five minutes before it really picked up and so we were trying, okay -- figure out, okay, get the kids downstairs. we have to get down the stairs. the windows are blowing out, and it was just panicky. there's just glass everywhere. there was stuff off our wall. there's grass just plastered. we had a house fire, and we lost our first house. get through it, and it was, like, really? i don't think i can do this again. >> not far from thurmon is creston, iowa. a hospital there badly damaged by the storms forcing the evacuation of several patients. joining me now on the phone to talk about the damage in iowa is john benson from the iowa office of emergency management. good morning, john. how are you? how are things there in your community? >> well, it's been an interesting evening, to say the least, but it's been fairly quiet. i think once the sun comes up this morning, we'll have better information about the actual damages that have occurred, but it's been a quiet evening so far. >> tell me what it was like as these tornadoes rolled through th

the storms knocked out part of the emergency siren system. we want to go first to the ground in the town of woodword, oklahoma. that's where we find our rob marciano. the damage there is incredible. >> reporter: it is. luckily it is a narrow swath but that narrow swath got hit incredibly home. we are at the lord household where they managed to bring in heavy equipment and trying to get this one car that is somewhat drivable out. this is a home of almost 3,000 square feet. four bedrooms, two or three baths, completely blown away by this. dad was telling us how you were holding on to his hand. tell us how your experience went down. >> the sirens started going off. we were goipg across the street to get into shelter. paul got to about the middle of the street and i was in the middle of the yard and i looked over my shoulder and of course if you look right over here, the debris was right there. and storm was already here. so i told my mom, my sister and her husband and my kids, get into the bathroom. it's too late. it's here. and dad started comi

sirens sounded in wichita as rain and wind lashed downtown. a trailer park there was obliterated. houses were left uninhabitable. the storm system was huge it wiped out the town of thurman, iowa, well north of here and kept repeatedly doubling back on oklahoma, kansas and nebraska, rendering all clear sirens almost meaningless. and the power of the storm was undeniably powerful and great. imagine this, here's a carpet store behind me and this was a delivery truck now embedded in that carpet store. and over here, jeff, is a stonewall that used to stand 100 yards away. >> glor: pretty incredible, dean reynolds, thank you. for more now on these storms, we turn to meteorologist jeff berardelli of wfor. good evening. there was a lot of buildup prior to this weekend about how bad the outbreak was going to be. was it as bad as expected? >> yes, it was exactly as expected. there were a lot of tornadoes. there were a lot of big tornadoes. in fact, yesterday about 120 reports of tornadoes. but they happened in very sparsely populated areas in the plain states. and didn't hit any population

some of those sirens weren't working. imagine the panic. you have though idea what's coming.ing like that could be in your backyard and you don't know. what meteorologist ginger zee recommends is a noaa weather radio. they are pretty cheap and can save lives. they work when the sirens don't. >> they have alarms that can wake you up in necessary. >> go to the low east interior room or to a base familiarity you have one and just stay there and ride it out. >> under a doorframe is a good place. >> any place sturdy and interior. >> could have been a lot worse. >>> moving on to london and astonishing accusations against a british lawmaker. nazir ahmed has been suspended while investigators look into reports he put a $16 million bounty on the capture of president obama. the news knleed in pakistan reported that ahmed made comments about this during a visit there, but ahmed does deny it. >>> speaking of the president, he will return to washington today as the scandal surrounding his secret service agents and members of the u.s. army continues to grow. the president is calling for, q

>> part my job is to maintain and set the sirens off. we do have 20 of the sirens.tioned, that was because we had about eight tornadoes earlier in the day, just in this county alone, that came with some lightning. lightning hit one of those sirens, it was about a mile and a half east of where the tornado actually hit. we did get reports that the sirens were working in the area that the tornado impacted. but that they were only working for a few minutes as the tornado took out the radio system that activates those sirens as well as the power. so i guess one thing you can stress on that is the outdoor warning sirens are intended to warn you when you're outdoors or in your vehicle. they're not necessarily intended to warn you in your home. that's what a weather radio and other warning devices in your home are for. >> well and people need to be paying attention to the forecast. matt we're going to let you go. thanks so much for joining me, i appreciate it. >>> a newly uncovered video of mitt romney makes you wonder if he's make being a class distinction for stay at home

because sirens can fail.ge can be so bad they don't hear the siren and ignore it any way. >> sharon watson director of public affair emergency management homeland security you are in our thoughts and prayers tonight. stay safe thanks forth update from condition says. >> thank you. >> e.t. moving on now. we'll of course keep you posted on that situation. moving on now. space shuttle discover bring to embark on the final mission. we have that story coming up as well. >> 100 years ago tonight the mighty titanic hit an ice berg many. april 14. we tell you washington some people are doing to remember that day. doing to remember that day. stay with us [ male announcer ] this is corporate caterers, miami, florida. in here, great food demands a great presentation. so at&t showed corporate caterers how to beer collaborate by using a mobile solution, in a whole new way. using real-time photo sharing abilities, they can create and maintain high standards, from kitchen to table. this technology allows us to collaborate w

the sirens are sounding. again, those sirens are not the all-clear sirens.clear. the sirens you're saying right now say take cover again. the storm is still on the ground. >> you mentioned, we're talking two tornadoes. we're talking i-35 east, i-35 west. we're talking dallas county and also ft. worth. so i want to go on the phone, we have aaron barth. have you seen the tornado come through as you are in the ft. worth area? >> we did. we did. we saw it approximately 1:10, 1:15 local triem. we saw brief tornadic activity just east of the airport, probably two to three miles. it was coming away from the airport, going approximately north-northeast. an we saw the rotation and it just slowly descended, touched down for maybe 10 seconds or so and then gradually just listed and went back up. but, you know, the rotation was still there as it moved away from the airport to the north-northeast. >> how big is the spinx airport and was there any damage at all? >> the airport is not very large when you consider commercial-sized airports like dfw, things like that nature.

. >> and all of a sudden, where this man is standing, sirens right where he's at start sounding. [ sirens ] >> seems a little late. if i'm already seeing the tornado and it's already tearing things up, then i see the siren? >> ooh, he's at a school. >> hopefully it's going to miss the high school. >> i want this guy to take cover. i'm getting nervous for him as the tornado creeps closer and closer and closer. i mean, it looks now like it's the football field away. >> at one point, the tornado looks like it's going to dissipate. but instead of doing that, it seems to just turn into a very well-defined funnel. >> takes like another deep breath and reforms. >>> okay. they got us on this one. when is a bicycle not a bicycle? when it's number eight. a couple days ago, i brought you guys this video. dash cam, a cop chasing down a bicyclist. >> yeah. >> the ultimate bicycle cop chase. >> well, i have an update for you on this story. the whole thing was a hoax. >> oh! >> not another one. i can't handle this. >> we got -- duped on that one? >> didn't even suspect that it was a possibility. but now

the warning siren, according to the mayor, it worked fine.ually hit the town about three minutes after the fire department had turned the siren on. the other thing is that a number of people here, we have an emergency warning system called code red, and what happens is code red has a tie in with information from national weather service and if you're in the direct path of the storm and you're signed up for my code red project, you will get a phone call whether it's on your land line or cell phone if the storm is approaching your area. >> that is terrific planning on your part. mike crecelus, great to here just minor cuts and bruises despite the damage. >>> today we pay tribute to those who died on the "titanic" 100 years ago today. ahead how victims' families and others are marking the occasion. plus the "titanic" is not the only ship wreck to fascinate treasure hunters. a closer look at other ship wrecks in our morning passport. >>> one person is dead and another four are missing after a boating accident off the coast of san francisco. the u

the power lines go down and things can happen to those sirens.nywhere near the arlington, texas, area this is moving south to north, take cover now. >> chad myers, thank you. we have ed lavandera on the phone and we'll check in with ed after this quick, quick break. emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. >> welcome back to cnn here. as we are talking about a number of tornadoes that are popping in and out of these different areas in and around dallas and ft. worth, texas, and in the areas south and north. i want to talk about the things we've been getting from lancaster, texas. some of the roofs are gone from the two-story homes. you can see damage to one arm of this particular building and so lancaster, texas, that is where our correspondent, ed lavandera is headed. he's in the car right now. ed, are you with me? >> reporter: i am here, brooke. >> tell

. >> there were no sirens no warning. >> more than 100 tornadoes tear through the middle of the country, some without warning. fears that more storms are coming. a bad salad recall over salmonella concerns. >> and we're going to start with that sweet 16 party that turned sour very quickly when party crashers arrived. two people stabbed and three others hurt. this played out early this morning in brandy wine. tom is live from prince george's county police headquarters. >> as police say they're still trying to figure out what went down last night. according to neighbors it was supposed to be a sweet 16 party without a ton of people coming but then word got out on the website twitter that the party was going on and a whole lot of uninviteded guests showed up. >> tonight prince george's county police officers were back out at the home where the fights and stabbings happened last night at what neighbors say was a sweet 16 for the home eners daughter in a nice home in a home way out in the country. >> this is pg county and not much happens here. >> they heard a police chopper but had no idea

she is telling me the sirens have resumed again. just within a few minutes, the sirens have stopped and they have since resumed. oddly enough, the bank where my brother is employed is about a five-minute drive away from my mother's home and he is saying that bank customers are still there. so they're no longer in lockdown. so in that little bit of a distance. and i cannot help you visualize other than by time. so five minutes away, there seems to be a bit clearer skies. we have a 6-year-old who is in school. we're working to get in contact with the school to find out if that school is in lockdown mode. at this point, not just my family. there are many terrified families. and this is a part of the country, i was born, bred, raised there. we're used to tornadoes. but nevertheless, this many and the ominous signs that you see. there both through video and the words i'm seeing, we talk to people in the midwest. we saw substantial damage and loss of life. here we are at the beginning of the spring which is customary, this time of year in

they hoped the siren -- they listen to the siren, followed the sirens, knew what to do. the lessons have been learned. today's earthquake was hugely powerful, felt as far away as bangkok and southern india. why no tsunami this time? in 2004, the one tectonic plate slipped beneath the other, displeasing a huge volume of water. today's earthquake was a collateral, to plates rubbing against each other violently, but less likely to spawn huge waves. nevertheless, experts say the decision to issue an alert was justified. >> when they get a warning, they have no idea what kind of growth? it was. we found this out recently. this is when you analyze the data from all over the world, you find out what kind of earthquake it was, what the mechanism was. but when they send the warning, they have no idea of that. >> no room for complacency, and no sign of it. just help for those who cannot help themselves, increasingly urgent warnings, the desperate prayer, and, at this time, tragedy avoided. >> a big sigh of relief in the indian ocean. the syrian government says today that it will c

the tornado say it's six people died in what would oklahoma were the town's 20 outdoor tournedos sirens were actually knocked out by lightning will have a live report coming up in just about 10 minutes entirely different story here we are blessed with a great week and for the first hot stretch will have a believes. the latest that we will work on that and will not deny it is are hundreds of animals attempt is moving up into the '80s. in the meantime the let's get you out the door and if you have clouds ahead a few patches of fog for the coastline the temperatures are in the non 40's and '50's with a great weather coming away with high pressure building over head december jurors aren't warming up average numbers in the 60s and low 70's today will bus to beck's 1 to 5 degrees above the average and even more weather as we head toward the park will have more on that moment right now will check on those roads elisabeth. now with the morning commuter getting under way some of our problem spots and then resolve including this one it was an overturned injured crashed so now we're seeing some im

and heard sirens. are on 360 south of the jam plan. >> we are on park road driver passing pack road driver on 360. >> tell us more about this storm in arlington now. she is headed toward it south. >> one thing we can give you is there is light at the end of this just because this storm when it pulls through we will be done but there is the storm in allege ton on 30 but we are not seeing ... here is the latest. the tornado storm near arlington will be rain wrapped. notice the colors here next to the green, the red next to the grown showing motion toward and away. we have counterclockwise circulation here in south arlington to the says of pantego and the national weather service is saying this tornado, look at it, heavy rain all around. and hail. it is a very dangerous situation. this storm, this tornado, potential tornado, is going to be concealed as it approaches by a heavy sheet or curtain of rain and hail. that is one of the most dangerous situations. >>shepard: the tornado will stroke and known will

nellie said it settled at the moment of silence and as you heard sirens to commemorate the hundred sixth anniversary of the great san francisco quake dozens of san franciscans hot who gathered from the fountain. sundress and cost and police and fire cheesecake of the ceremony through the four known survivors when attendance and afterward the organizers of the batteries on a fountain and attrition to honor the quake and giving them a higher fire hydrants this one in particular is responsible for saving the mission area it was here in 1906 were firefighters and volunteers banded together to save their neighborhood from the devastating flames and as we are told you where commemorating the night's mistakes great quake which is that is the worst natural disasters in this nation to st. problem, but also of the worst destruction coming from the flames that the quake ignited 3000 souls loss in half the city's population in 1906 were left homeless we're live on 20 and churchill to they're painting this fire hydrant and that is going on right now but if you do want to see pictures of the quake the

severe weather and that's why it's smart to have a noaa radio because it will alert you when the sirens are out. and sometimes the tornadoes come rain wrapped or come at nighttime like a lot of these tornadoes did. that's why the noaa weather radio is a good thing to have. as we look at the line of showers and thunderstorms, potent around louisiana. a line of showers and thunderstorms. but i am happy to report there's no super cells that can can spin up the tornadoes quickly. right now, looks like they are dealing with strong convective winds pushing into the area and small hail across the area. but as this line approaches towards the east for today, this line will lose its punch. so that's some good news. but, the storm prediction center does have western maryland in a slight risk for severe weather going throughout the day. and also portions of ohio and even new york and pennsylvania. but for the most part, we will be out of that for today and we will get lots of sunshine in the forecast. looking at the satellite and radar, doesn't look like a lot of sunshine or clear skies. but these