caught on tape. we'll hear how one man in alabama grabbed his camera and shot some frightening scenes of a gigantic mile-wide tornado taking a destructive path through the city of tuscaloosa. that doesn't even look real. that looks like something out of a movie. >> doesn't it? yeah, like something that is computer generated. but it was shot firsthand. really just incredible. these storms, though, unfortunately have been deadly. at least 77 people have been killed across 4 states. most of those deaths were in alabama. >> mike marusarz is now joining us this morning with more details on all of this good morning, mike. >> reporter: several tornadoes rolled across the south last night. a massive twister appears to have hit tuscaloosa, alabama. >> that is something that you pray that you never, ever, ever see. >> reporter: this monster twister dropped over northern alabama. at one point 25 tornado warnings were issued at the same time for the same state. the unprecedented outbreak stretched from michigan to texas. >> oh, my god!