Owner. Our guest, isaiah thomas, joins us with his reaction. And the world lead. A company says it may have done what nobody else was able to do, find flight 370. Just one problem, of course, its thousands of miles from the current search area. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the national lead, from the gulf to the great looks, 75 million americans are currently in the path of a tornado spawning Severe Weather system. I dont mean like a, oh, no, did i leave my car windows down kind of storm. Its more like i hope my car is still on the ground in one piece kind of storm. This could be heading your way in the next couple hours. This massive tornado inflicted widespread damage in louisville, mississippi. One of dozens of tornados unleashed by the storm system, the same storm system that killed 31 people from sunday. Far from finished, its now reloaded and ready for round three. Some of those got hit yesterday by the same system. Two people die
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Getting under way after intense twisters reported in oklahoma, nebraska and missouri. One dead. Crushing the town of quapaw near the kansas border. Another death reported in iowa but those numbers are shotchanged. At least 18 of those deaths 16 of those deaths are in Central Arkansas. A massive twister. Half a mile wide. Wiping out home after home in the northern suburb us of little rock. Lets bring in chad myers live from mayflower, arkansas, a small town, chad that really got the brunt of this storm. Reporter it certainly did, the tornado touched down rather quickly and it became large very quickly. We have now reports, were going to talk to a storm spotter who saw this live. Youre going to talk to him in just a second. Hes going to think that this is probably an ef4 or ef5 tornado. I can only see ef3 damage. Thats it behind me. That is a store that is no longer a store, but you can still see where the walls are or at least were. That operates it was not a storm of 200 Miles Per Hour
Tornado is reportedly on the ground and its heading to the northeast at about 45 miles per hour. And ill show you exactly what were looking at. On the radar, were looking at something called a debris field. A lot of times when you get very large tornadoes, the debris field will actually be picked up on radar. Thats how you know this is a very dangerous situation. This is what we saw yesterday in arkansas so if you are just to the northeast of tupelo, you need to be very careful. That is the highest level that and its a serious situation crossing into alabama. If youre in northwest alabama, you need to be on the lookout as well. They move quickly so you get the warning. They come and go and then they are off to the next town. A lot of times you have to stay ahead of it and thats what it is important with the fastmoving storms. Jennifer, this is the same storm that struck arkansas yesterday . Yep, were seeing these storms fire up there is sunshine during the afternoon and it only creates
Trapped in elevators across the city. Why did the power go out . Good evening. And we begin tonight with the tornado watches up at this hour. Several states, as we come on, now bracing for whats to come tonight. 30 reported tornadoes in just the past 24 hours. Dodge city, kansas, seeing some of the most powerful twisters. And take a look at this. Churning clouds splitting into two separate tornadoes. And tonight, the regions in red bring the immediate concern, and Authorities Say over the next 48 hours, that area of concern will only grow. 35 million americans bracing. Abcs phillip mena is in the tornado zone with the stunning images already. Reporter officials declaring a tornado emergency. Big, big tornado on the ground. Reporter as a violent outbreak unfolds in the plains. Multiple twisters in ford county, kansas, alone. Preliminary reports say one at least a halfmile wide. Its fixing to barrel that house. Reporter veteran storm chaser brett adair dangerously close, as a home gets s