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couric: good evening, everyone. it was a horrific weekend in much of the south with a series of tornados flattening everything in their path and leaving dozens of people dead. and with the cleanup barely beginning, another major storm is on the way. it could bring more tornados starting tomorrow. frightening news to anyone who witnessed the devastation over the weekend. tornados like this one caught on tape in north carolina on saturday. in all, at least 45 people were killed, about 250 tornados were reported across 14 states, starting in oklahoma on thursday and growing deadlier as the storm moved east into virginia and the carolinas. cynthia bowers is in raleigh tonight. cynthia, there are so many people there who have lost everything. reporter: you know, that s true, katie. because behind all those big numbers you just gave out are lots of little ones countless personal stories of loss. in relatively well-to-do neighborhoods like this one and in parts of the state whe
captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. couric: good evening, everyone. it was a horrific weekend in much of the south with a series of tornados flattening everything in their path and leaving dozens of people dead. and with the cleanup barely beginning, another major storm is on the way. it could bring more tornados starting tomorrow. frightening news to anyone who witnessed the devastation over the weekend. tornados like this one caught on tape in north carolina on saturday. in all, at least 45 people were killed, about 250 tornados were reported across 14 states, starting in oklahoma on thursday and growing deadlier as the storm moved east into virginia and the carolinas. cynthia bowers is in raleigh tonight. cynthia, there are so many people there who have lost everything. reporter: you know, that s true, katie. because behind all those big numbers you just gave out are lots of little
everything we have is gone. that s the tornado. reporter: 11 of the 22 people who died in north carolina were from the rural northeast county, linda rafferty s inlaws were among them. i had a gut feeling when i couldn t get them on the phone and i knew how close it had hit. reporter: the stony brook mobile home park in raleigh was off limits again today, deemed too dangerous even for residents. three little boys ages nine, eight, and three, died in an instant saturday when a tree landed on their trailer here. it s so sad that so many people lost so much. reporter: this storm system which started claiming victims in oklahoma last thursday produced more reported tornados than any system in u.s. history. this upper level low decided to move across the whole country rather than lifting into canada. and because of that, it just colliding with a lot of warm and unstable air producing all these tornado outbreaks. reporter: after such devastation, hundreds of communit