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i want to get to tyler mathison with that. >> we are watching very, very damaging tornados south of oklahomaictures from a helicopter by nbc affiliate kfor. the pilot there says that one of the twisters that touched down was about two miles in width. there is widespread damage, some reports from the oklahoma city police department, apparently of people trapped in buildings. we have seen pictures just in the past few minutes, maria, of a major blaze that appears to have broken out in what looks to me like some kind of commercial or warehouse building. there are also unconfirmed reports that there is damage particularly in southern portions of oklahoma city and as i mentioned, in the suburb of moore, there are lots of live power lines down. people are being advised to stay indoors, transportation and travel, basically very, very sort of dicey right now, maria. and there are also reports of gas leaks. we're going to continue to watch this, but obviously a major part of the center of the country is really under a tornado threat this afternoon and into tonight just as they have endured over the p