. >> six people died when a twister shuck woodward, oklahoma. -- struck woodward, oklahoma. more than 80 homes were destroyed. dick brennan has more. >> reporter: a tornado left a path of destruction through woodward, oklahoma. >> this was a back bedroom. >> reporter: people in this community are searching for anything they can salvage. and they're tearing down damaged buildings as they begin to clean up. >> there just isn't much left. >> reporter: the city manager says 89 homes and 13 businesses were destroyed. >> never seen anything like this. >> reporter: casey forest rushed to her mother's house and got into a shelter moments before the storm destroyed her home. >> we're so fortunate. i got no complaints. >> reporter: at least six people, including three children, died when the tornado struck woodward just after midnight on sunday. woodward is under a state of emergency and you can see why. look at the power of the wind. it tossed this truck into what remains of that store. in the meantime, oklahoma was one of the hardest hit states during this weekend's tornado outbreak

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all in hard-hit woodward, oklahoma. at least 20 others there were injured. woodward is located about 140 miles northwest of oklahoma city. dick brennan is there. good morning, dick. >> reporter: good morning. the national weather service had warned this could, indeed, be a life-threatening event and six people are dead, including three children and now a massive clean-up here begins. a tornado left a path of destruction through woodward, oklahoma. >> this was the back bedroom -- >> reporter: people in this community are searching for anything they can salvage and they're tearing down damaged buildings as they begin to clean up. the city manager says 89 homes and 13 businesses were destroyed. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: stacy forest rushed to her mother's house and got into a shelter moments before a storm destroyed her home. >> we're so fortunate. i got no complaints. >> reporter: at least six people, including three children died, when the tornado struck woodward just after midnight on sunday. woodward is under a state of emergency. y

jay gray, woodward, oklahoma. >>> our coverage continues with chuck bell. chuck? >> the storm that caused all the devastation yesterday is now moving to the minneapolis/st. paul area in minnesota. it's generating for severe weather in and around the twin cities, parts of western wisconsin and strong thunderstorms now just about ready to move into the st. louis metro area, also just out to the west of little rock, arkansas. a lot of bad weather out there. on the back side of it, it's cold. it's snowing in the high country just to the west of denver. meanwhile, for us a mild and dry evening. summerlike weather for tomorrow and what about the snow chances? goodness knowknows, we need the rain. >> president obama said he expects a thorough investigation into the secret service. 11 agents have been put on leave, accused of hiring presumed prostitutes in columbia. five military service members are also under investigation. bryan moore has our report. >> reporter: obama's summit visit to columbia has been upstaged by scandal misconduct by some of the service personnel se

diane alvear has the latest from woodward, oklahoma. >> reporter: the devastation from woodward, oklahoma, did not and with the storm. a sixth person had died as a result of the tornado that took direct aim at the town of 1--$12,000. it was 136 tornadoes. >> that is unbelievable. >> it's coming right for me. >> reporter: forecasters feared it would be a weekend bound for the record books. despite widespread devastation, authorities said lives were spared thanks to early storm warnings. >> thank you for paying attention to the alarms that went off and the warning signs. that's the reason we have not received fay fault -- fatality. >> reporter: many were left in the dark. >> it was make circles, stripping around. i'm surprised. those trailers are still standing because it cut straight through oar loor lacy ran house to house alerting herghbors. >> there was a tornado on the ground. the sirens are not going off. >> reporter: her cries may have been crucial in saving many more lives. cleanup efforts are women underway in woodward. has for the sixth person who died authorities say he was in hi

in woodward, oklahoma. "wjz," "eyewitness news." >> unfortunately, it's not over with, yet, bernadette woods, our meteorologist is tracking where the storms are, right now. bernadette? >> there are still three systems out there. we'll take you to first doppler radar. the center is over minnesota. you see the trailing line? a widespread severe weather threat for hail and gusty winds, not just tornadoes. the thing is this is so wrapped up there is snow on the northern side of minnesota right now and a tornado threat across the south. we'll stretch it over and show you as we head to the overnight hours, all of this moves further to the east. not as many reports at last night, last night, 122 tornado reports. still a lot of severe weather going on. 10 reports of tornadoes, we'll keep you updated. that storm is moving our way, but -- >>> stay with us for first warning weather 20 find forecast updates and live doppler radar at any time, log onto "wjz." com. >> >> a pretty close call when a train derails over a ba

manuel gallegus has the latest from woodward oklahoma where six people were killed and dozens wounded. >> residents of woodward oklahoma are cleaning up the devastating damage left by a fast-moving destructive tornado. >> we got down into the cellar and as soon as the door was shot and was right there. i could hear it coming as we were heading downstairs. >> utility companies are working to restore power in the town where the tornado destroyed dozens of buildings. there was little morning. a lightning strike disabled 20 outdoor sirens. this is all that is left of a row of small businesses in woodward. this morning we saw our employees come back to salvage some things and survey the damage since there is no where left to work. kyle reynolds lost the dream house he built for his family five years ago. >> where do go from here? >> i do not know. we spent all of yesterday just trying to get what we could out of the house. >> the massive storm system did not just hit oklahoma. it produced dozens of tornadoes from minnesota to kansas. warning sirens sounded in digi- tas and the students fro

diana avellar is live in woodward, oklahoma with the latest.good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the strongest tornado hit in kansas. the second strongest one is what caused all of the destruction you see behind me. leveling buildings, killing five and turning the weekend into the one forcasters feared. by the time the storms passed more than 130 tornadoes had ravaged kansas, northwest oklahoma, nebraska and iowa. neighbors came back too their homes to cleanup, crews searched for survivors in one of the hardest hit areas woodward, oklahoma many caught off guard when warning sirens failed to sound after lightning disabled the system. >> i'm shocked there's anything left. total destruction. >> reporter: the tornado that tore through the community left a tragic legacy. five dead, including a father and his two daughters. dozens of homes and buildings leveled, especially in this business district. >> yet, while one office was completely destroyed the one directly next to it has picture frames on the wall and a mug still on a desk. trucks carryi

officials say early warnings saved many lives, but woodward, oklahoma was not so lucky. manuel gallegus reports a twister killed six people including three children. >> reporter: residents ever woodward, oklahoma are cleaning up the devastating damage left by a fast moving destructive tornado. >> we got down to the cellar. it was right there. i could hear it coming as we were heading down the stairs. >> reporter: utility companies are working to restore power in the town where the tornado destroyed dozens of buildings. there was little warning. a lightning strike disabled 20 outdoor sirens. this is all that's left of a row of small businesses here in woodward. this morning we saw employees come back to salvage some things and survey the damage since there's nowhere left to work. kyle reynolds lost the dream house he built for his family five years ago. where do you go if here? >> well, i don't know. we spent all of yesterday just trying to get what we could out of the house and salvage what we could. >> two tornadoes. >> reporter: the massive storm system didn't just hit

oklahoma. our target is woodward. we'll go west and intercept the storm. >> forecasters call the tornado threat a life threatening event in parts of oklahoma, kansas and nebraska. and it was only the second time in history that the storm prediction center issued a high-risk warning more than a day in advance. >> three-inch hail east of petersburg. it's at 12:36. >> this is it omaha. issues a severe thunderstorm warning for freemont county and southeastern mills county effective until 2:00 p.m. >> reporter: in omaha, nebraska, forecasters were working overtime to get the warnings out. >> this one may be for the record books. >> reporter: ginger zee abc news, woodward, oklahoma. >> ginger, thanks so much. ginger and the entire team will remain on the ground with the latest first thing in the morning on "good morning america". >>> but we move on into the scandal involving the secret service and accusations of drinking and hiring prostitutes in colombia. this could be the explosive investigation of the 100-year history of

one hit woodward, oklahoma, in the middle of the night killing several people. residents never heard any warping sirens, because -- warning sirens, because the system was damaged by the storm. >> that's where my wife works. there isn't much left, as you can see. >> reporter: doyle ford has lived here his entire life and never seen tornadoes like this. the tornado cut through his small town, destroying homes and businesses. the tornado was so powerful it picked up this delivery truck and slammed it into this building and it tore apart the entire steel and concrete structure. another tornado hit thurman, iowa. the storm shattered buildings and ripped off the front of this home. >> the house was shaking and i could feel it lifting. >> reporter: only 250 people live in thurman, and almost everyone suffered some kind of damage. but most of the reported tornadoes hit open spaces, keeping destruction to a minimum. a big relief for the governor of kansas. >> i'm just amazed at what didn't happen, really, with that size of system. >> reporter: given the potential for dam

we begin tonight with nbc's jay gray in the hard-hit town of woodward, oklahoma. jay, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. and this is the type of debris and devastation that stretches across the plains tonight. a hospital in iowa torn apart. a manufacturing plant in kansas. but this community, woodward, oklahoma, was the one that was dealt the most severe blow. >> coming right across the highway here. >> reporter: more than 100 tornadoes sliced through the central and southern plains. at one time, two funnels dropping from the clouds in bouse junction, oklahoma. the violent system blasted through nebraska, iowa and kansas, tearing everything in its path. >> everything's gone. everything we've worked for all our lives. >> reporter: the intensity of the storm was evident as it moved into oklahoma, shattering this barn and tossing it like an suc. >> call it like it is, it is becoming a killer tornado. >> reporter: as the afternoon continued, the assault continued. the twisters tough to see in the dark, at times only revealed by a flash of lightning. the

this is the one that brought the deadly tornadoes to woodward, oklahoma. all those tornadoes from oklahoma and kansas and texas. this morning look at the moisture from around houston all the way up toward detroit here. pretty solid line. moisture trying to come in off the gulf into areas around mobile bay and alabama. east of that it's toasty warm for this time of year. temps running 20 in some spots, 25, 30 degrees above average today. so there will be record highs up and down the eastern seaboard, especially in the northeast. trying to get the boston marathon run today. going to be in the 80s. they told people please, if you want to run next year, we'll let you do it next year for safety reasons. here we go tonight. still quiet this evening. maybe a shower getting towards pittsburgh and morgantown. we'll get into the overnight period with just a couple of clouds. we'll call it partly cloudy into tomorrow morning. rain showers, they really fall apart. even though the front is coming through, the winds turn northwest and we cool down. the chance of rain wit

she was in woodward, oklahoma.he conditions may be right for more storms in the day ahead. >> our severe weather continues with accuweather meteorologist andrew baglini. good morning, andrew. >> good morning, rob and tanya. still not out of the woods for severe weather heading into the start of the week on monday. night quite as potent. ef-3 tornadoes ripped through the wichita area bringing gusts up to 150 miles per hour at times. not quite that level, but the severe weather threat focusing for our monday morning in western portions of new york, western portions of pennsylvania, even eastern portions of ohio starting the week off. >> thank you, andrew. some of those sirens weren't working. imagine the panic. you have though idea what's coming. you know something 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. >> g

now let's get more on the tragedy in woodward, oklahoma. at least five people are dead there, and joining me now on the phone is woodward mayor rosco hill. mayor, how are things looking to you? have you had a chance to get outside and see the damage for yourself yet? >> well, you know, it is still pitch black here. we haven't got sunrise at all yet. it's still -- it's still dark. i've been out talking to emergency management people. they're on a break at our break place, and they're talking the typical talk that you get from emergency people how, well, it's at flat you knowed there and there's nothing left there, and it's -- i think it's going to be a fairly devastating scene when we can take a look at it. i think thief talked about maybe some missing people and we really don't know the extent of it yet. >> are they going door to door? are they looking for missing people? >> yes. yes. here -- we have the counties around us all of their emergency people are here. they was probably maybe 75 people sitting and having breakfast this morning, and

nbc's jay gray has our report from the hard-hit town of woodward, oklahoma. >> coming right across the highway here. >> reporter: more than 100 tornadoes sliced through the central and southern plains. at one time, two funnels dropping from the clouds in oklahoma. the violent system blasted through nebraska, iowa and kansas, tearing away anything in its path. >> everything is gone. everything we've worked for all of our lives. >> reporter: the intensity of the storms was evident when it moved into oklahoma, tossing an suv. >> call it like it is. this is now becoming a killer tornado. >> reporter: as the afternoon gave way tonight, the assault continued. tough to see in the dark, sometimes the tornado revealed by a flash of lightning. the damage left behind is clear and overwhelming in the light of day. >> just a devastating, frustrating thing. oh, my. i'm almost at no words over it.

the small city of woodward oklahoma suffered the worst. homes and businesses leveled, dozens injured and five people, including three children, were killed. paul was thrown from his home by the storm. >> when i was laying down there on the curb, and i looked up and saw the house gone, i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: mayor hill says parts of the city were just flattened. >> it's something i never had to deal with, and don't want to ever have to deal with it again. it is really devastating thing to the city. >> reporter: wichita canas was one of the biggest cities hit. roof collapsed that the airplane manufacturing plant a few hundred workers were there. but no one was hurt. and a confirmed tornado struck this hospital in iowa blowing out windows and damaging the roof. attention turns to cleanup as homeowners sift through the rubble for belongings. paul lord says he is recovered his valuables. >> my son, my daughter, son-in- law, my grand babies, my wife, everything else just brick and stick. >> reporter: officials say the storm's tol

nbc's jay gray has more from woodward, oklahoma. >> reporter: they were the images and sounds so manyad feared. >> you could hear some people screaming, and down the road there. you could hear stuff crashing and breaking. and it sounded horrible. >> reporter: tornadoes, nearly 100 of them, tearing across the midwest saturday and into sunday. at one time, two funnels dropping from the clouds in oklahoma. the violent system blasted through nebraska, iowa and kansas tearing away anything in its path. >> everything is gone. it's just gone. everything we had worked for all of our lives. >> reporter: in wichita it took only seconds to dismantle a part of this manufacturing plant. >> this was a monster system. >> reporter: it was even worse in woodward, oklahoma. joel and his daughter frantically searched for somewhere to ride out the ef-3 tornado. >> we crawled up underneath -- crawled up underneath here and we stayed there and debris was hitting our legs and stuff. >> reporter: but they were the lucky ones. five people were killed in this small town. three when a twister ripped through thi

the hardest hit was the small town of woodward, oklahoma, where an ef-3 tornado is blamed

that is woodward, oklahoma. jay, walk us through what you're seeing there. >> reporter: good morning, thomas, i'm at the command post here in woodward. i have to tell you, just first blush, seeing some of these first responders who have worked for years, some of them for decades here in tornado alley. still stunned by what they've seen here in woodward this morning. there are sections of this small town that are just leveled. really nothing left. you talked about it, five people confirmed dead at this point. the search and rescue still very active. at least 30 people injured, ten of those critical. and in fact five of them had to be flown to other areas of the state for treatment. because the hospital here was just too crowded. too many injuries. and so they've moved them. it's going to be a tough process getting into some of these areas. there's a lot of debris here. there are a lot of people here. some coming into to try to help as they so often do when you see these tragedies. others trying to get back into t

woodward, oklahoma. cnn's sandra endo is there.arol. good morning. you can see the devastation left behind by that spring of massive tornadoes that hit the country's midsection over the weekend. take a look at what 140 mile per hour winds can do when it hits a community. these rooftops have just been torn off homes. you can see the debris still in front of many of these homes. and just cars destroyed, as you mentioned. a new fatality to report this morning, bringing the death toll up to six people. from texas to minnesota, it was a weekend for wild and violent weather. the small city of woodward, oklahoma, suffered some of the worst devastation. paul lord was thrown from his home by the storm. >> i got a big gash on the side of the head. when the flap laid over and laid open. and they stitched that back up. >> reporter: mayor roscoe hill says parts of his city were just flattened. >> it's something i never had to deal with and i don't want to ever have to deal with it again. but really a devastating thing to our city. >> reporter:

all those victims living right here in woodward, oklahoma.e've all seen the weather radar and the maps, but for survivors, this is what a tornado looks like up close and personal. >> look at that. >> reporter: the images are frightening. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: the power, the intensity. the devastation left behind. >> you're just overwhelmed by everything. you're overwhelmed by the situation. >> reporter: a situation, forecasters say, could have been much worse. first responders believe lives were saved when 24 hours before the first strike for only the second time ever the national weather service warned of a potential "high-end life threatening event." the violent storm delivered on that threat. a string of more than 100 tornados ripping through four states, the most vicious attack in oklahoma. >> i wrapped my arms and legs around him and i said, please don't let me go, don't let me go. please, just hang on to me. >> reporter: now the town of woodward is trying to hang on. after a massive twister targeted the city of 13,000 in the middl

officials say early warnings saved lives, but woodward, oklahoma was not so lucky. six people killed, three of them children. we have the latest for wjz. >> reporter: residents of woodward, oklahoma are cleaning up the devastating damage left by a fast-moving, destructive tornado. >> we got down in the seller. as soon as we got the door shut, it was right there. i could hear it coming as we were heading down the stairs. >> utility companies are working to restore power in a town where the tornado destroyed dozens of buildings. there was little warning. a lightning strike disabled 20 outdoor sirens. >> this is all that's left of a role of small businesses. we saw employees to come back to salvage some things and survey the damage since there's nowhere left to work for you. >> kyle reynolds lost the dream house he built for his family five years ago. >> where do you go from here click. >> we spent all of yesterday trying to get what we could out of the house. >> the massive storm system didn't just hit oklahoma. it produced dozens of tornadoes from minnesota to kansas

five people lost their lives in woodward, oklahoma, including three small children.hese are live pictures right now, many residents were caught off guard when warning sirens failed to sound after lightning disabled the system. >> pretty interesting night. >> what was going on? >> well, it started pretty early yesterday with tornado watches and storms and what have you and then just tornado after tornado and wave after wave of storms coming straight at us. >> more than 800 residents in woodward are now without power. trucks carrying food, water, cots and other supplies are headed to the area today. coming up at 7:22, less than an hour from right now, our man rick reichmuth will be live in woodward talking to three survivors. look at that mess. >> he admits killing 77 people in a bombing and a shooting rampage in norway last year. but just moments ago, he pleaded not guilty to the massacre. the norway extremist has claimed that the killing spree was necessary because of a civil war against islam in europe. he's expected to testify for five days. but there's concerns he

overnight, they confirmed another death in woodward, oklahoma. brings the total to six. the dad and children trying to ride out the twister in a mobile home park. >> they were grandma and grandpa's girls, and it's just going to be hard without them. >> reporter: it is an emotional struggle in this tight knit community. adding to their grief, the knowledge that warning sirens were damaged during another storm saturday and didn't sound as that twister moved in. >> i thought about that ever since i found out we lost five week. so i would think it would have helped, yes. >> reporter: help so many desperately need now. jay gray, nbc news, woodward, oklahoma. >> how do they even begin. >> so difficult back there. our prayers go out to those guys. >>> on a brighter note, looks like the week ahead is more sunshine like the weekend. >> yeah, we have a lot of sunshine this weekend. what's interesting, too, that's the same system that spawned all those tornados that came through here thursday into friday and generated 850 plus lightning strikes in the bay area. so that was not a sy

. >> reporter: it was even worse in woodward, oklahoma. joe mcwerter and his daughter frantically searched for somewhere to ride out the ef-3 tornado. >> we crawled up underneath -- we crawled up underneath here. and we stayed there, and debris was hitting our legs and stuff. >> reporter: but they were the lucky ones. five people were killed in this small town, three when a twister ripped through this mobile home park. the loss has overwhelmed this tight-knit community. adding to their grief, the knowledge that warning sirens in the city were apparently damaged during another storm early saturday and did not sound as the deadly twister moved in. >> i've thought about that ever since i found out that we lost five people. so, i would think it would have helped, yes. >> reporter: it's help the heartland now needs as the clean-up begins. jay gray, nbc news, woodward, oklahoma. >>> president obama back in washington this morning is calling for an investigation into allegations that 11 secret service agents and 5 military personnel hired prostit

woodward, oklahoma, where at least five people were killed, three when a twister ripped through this mobile home park. they frantically searched for someone to ride out the tornado. >> we crawled up underneath here and we stayed there and debris was hitting our legs and stuff. >> in wichita it took only seconds for a tornado to sear through this boeing plant. nearby neighborhoods were also destroyed. >> everything is gone. everything we had worked for all of our lives. >> have you ever heard a statement about you only get out with the clothes on your back. that's exactly what happened to us. we don't have anything. >> reporter: it's almost as if the tornado was choosing its targets. it destroyed one home and then barely touched the next. here leaving an iron on an ironing board while outside the home, total rede struction. >> it was something to come out of your living room or come out of the hallway and see all the devastation. looked like a war zone. i'm luckee we're lucky that we're alive. >> alive and now forced to face the reality of the aftermath. >> it's devastating. i've seen

in woodward, oklahoma, six people were killed.neighborhoods wiped out today. >> there are a lot of old wives tales around here. people say it will never affect our area. this is a true testament that it very well can. >> i didn't know what to think at first. everything we ever worked for is right here and all gone. it is scary and a reality check. all the other times we would stay at his mom and dad's house i would always think knob will ever happen. nothing will happen. we'll be paranoid and it happens. gregg: chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is standing by in hard hit hit, woodward, oklahoma. rick? >> gregg, one. recurring things everybody says when you talk to them, they say this only see on tv. it happens on tv. it doesn't really happen in your own real life. you get here and it does. i'm here in an area. this is a bit of an office park that is completely destroyed. every time you come you look at this, it looks the same as it does in every tornado. so many times it really does. all of the boards that have been ripped apart.

the hardest-hit spot, woodward, oklahoma. where more than 20 people were injured, and dozens of buildings were destroyed. today, forecasters are crediting early warning systems for helping to raise the alarm long before the storms touched down. for much more on this, we turn to bill karins. bill, good morning. >> good morning, willie. after the devastation this week, we are going to see a break as we go throughout this next four or five-day period. let's get back to saturday. 126 tornadoes. an amazingly high number of twisters were spotted, kansas, iowa, nebraska and also in oklahoma. a lot of people have been asking me, how come we didn't have more fatalities? why wasn't it worse? a lot of these tornados were weaker and they also were in very rural sections of kansas. there weren't a lot of big cities or metropolitan areas threatened. that's why we didn't see a joplin or tuscaloosa or birmingham type of situation out of this. all in all, five fatalities is bad enough but we did not see widespread devastation through the regi

. >> reporter: it was even worse in woodward, oklahoma. joel and his daughter frantically searched for somewhere to ride out the ef-3 tornado. >> we crawled up underneath here. and we stayed there, and debris was hitting our legs and stuff. >> reporter: but they were the lucky ones. five people were killed in this small town. three when a twister ripped through this mobile home park. the loss has overwhelmed this tight-knit community. adding to their grief, the knowledge that warning signs in the city were apparently damaged during another storm early saturday and did not sound as the deadly twister moved in. >> i thought about that ever since i found out that we lost five people. so, i would think it would have helped, yes. >> reporter: it's help the heartland now needs, as the cleanup begins. jay gray, nbc news, woodward, oklahoma. >>> president obama back in washington this morning, is calling for an investigation into allegations 11 secret service agents and 5 military personnel hired prostitutes while in colombia for the summit of the

once darkness fell the same danger in woodward, oklahoma. lightning knocked out the early warning system and massive tornado laid waste to several communities. when it was over, five dead including a father and his two daughters. and several homes and buildings were leveled especially in this business district. despite the devastation owners are surprised what they salvaged. look at this bookshelf standing with all of its file folders and knickknacks in tack as well as the clock that stopped at the moment the twister hit. office chairs with monitors and a large tv. >> i am shocked there's anything left. it is total destruction. >> reporter: abc news, woodward, oklahoma. >>> and now we will go to abc2news.com. this is your souse for what happens in tornado alley. we have storm chasers going after storms and many stream live video. you can see them as they race to get as close as they can to the most violent storms. go to abc2news.com/weather and click on the tornado alley link at the top of the home page. >>> our weather was the opposite. bea

behind me, you see some of the worst damage to be found in woodward, oklahoma.nd considering the weekend, we have just experienced, it's amazing there aren't more scenes like this across the great plains. >> oh, my gosh! oh, my gosh! >> reporter: the storm system ran from texas to minnesota. fueling funnel clouds by the dozens and sending people scurrying for protection while their neighborhoods were ripped to shreds. as soon as it would leave. >> two tornadoes! >> reporter: it would return. again and again. >> it's coming right for me! >> reporter: the people who died in woodward, oklahoma, included a father and his two daughters ages 5 and 7. 28 others were injured. 13 businesses and 89 homes were destroyed. kyle reynolds lived in one of them. how many bedrooms did you have here? >> you're looking at the master bedroom, this first section of wall is lying in our bed. most of the kitchen is in the dining room now. >> reporter: he was at the high school overseeing prom night when the storm hit. his 19-year-old daughter jessica was back from college, though. she

this is woodward, oklahoma.nd we now know five people died here, three of them children, dozens more hurt. you may remember, we showed you this area last night when that oil tanker, refinery depot was on fire and we weren't sure what we were looking at and thought to be hit by a twister and now we've learned one of woodward's tornado sirens was knocked out completely when it was struck by lightning. still, an amazing blessing, there was not greater loss of life. and this was the bedroom and our bedroom and our closet and our son's room and that's all the back wall and it's all down here. >> harris: this video now shot by storm chasers as that storm system moved into kansas. and the national weather ser ris receiving reports of more than 100 suspected twisters by day break today. >> the wind has picked up and the rain got really heavy and the next thing you knew, the house was moving and you could feel it coming off and shaking violently and things were hitting and you could hear the stuff hitting the floor. >> a