picking up the pieces behind the tornado. and you can see some of the devastation. in fact, where i m standing right now was a garage. authorities are going door to door, checking on residents. crews are working on power outages and multiple gas leaks. jim and diane bruin are busy on the phones, figuring out what to do with their damage. i walked in, i said what the heck? and say that it was just all that stuff on the floor and the ceiling came down. reporter: down the street, jeff lehman s hands are full, but this won t keep him down. we re going to be all right. these folks are dealing with what they re dealing with, but we ll make it through it. we re just so grateful that the lord preserved so many lives here. eugene daniel from our affiliate wmbd. sharing their stories online, and also cnn ireports, many of our viewers are.
much to bear since they cannot reach their loved ones. some people are trying to make contact by sending messages through cnn ireports. this couple just left for a honeymoon in the philippines. jacqueline from virginia is desperate for any word from her parents. she hasn t heard from them in two days. they live in one of the devastated areas. and her mother s hometown. people in the devastated areas are using the ireports to work in other directions to try to get word out since all communications are down. douglas manta wrote one of the notes from tacloban, saying they are safe. and we uploaded it to our ireport site. and messages like that are priceless. find out how you can help and
this is cnn saturday morning. it s march 3rd, and i m david mattingly. tornadoes shred through the midwest and south killing more than 30 people, and there is a new threat of storms today. then in two hours washington state republicans will officially select who they think should go up against barack obama. could ron paul finally win one? bus t we begin with the ferocious killer storms that went through the midwest and southern u.s. at least 32 people are dead. now the frantic search is on for survivors, and there are new threat this morning of more severe weather. the monster storm stretched from the deep south, alabama, across the border into tennessee and all the way north into indiana. one of the hardest hit areas, henryville, indiana. a tornado leveled entire neighborhoods. school buses ended up slamming into buildings. businesses were demolished. lord, take this away from us. take this away from us. these people in kentucky prayed as the monster storm came clo
this morning from the atlanta area. we will have the latest on the search for survivors and victims. and on the campaign trail. today it s washington state s turn to way in on the republican candidates who want to be president. we re watching all the angle of this developing story of the severe weather that just continues to move across our country. susan candle yoty is in henryville right now where daylight has brought a stunning new look. our bonnie schneider is in the weather center keeping an eye on the new watches and warnings in effect right now. but before we get to them, i want to show you an amazing piece of video. it comes from west liberty, kentucky. listen. take it away from us, lord. take it, lord, take it, lord. take it away from us, jesus. what we re watching is this funnel cloud is swirling, getting ready to hit the earth. you hear a woman praying to god to have the storm move away, while her prayers were achbsed, her home was spared but the town that
we begin this morning, talking about the aftermath of irene, the massive storm that paralyzed and pummeled much of the east coast. today, it s blamed for at least 21 deaths in nine states from florida to vermont. and at last count, about 3 million homes and businesses are still without power. more than a billion dollars in damages is blamed on the storms winds. flooding damage will be much more costly. three navy ships should be positioned in relief efforts from new york to new england. cnn crews are in place, measuring the storm s impact and the struggle for the millions of americans trying to move on now. we ll take you from north carolina to new york to new england and give you the big picture from the cnn weather center, right here in atlanta. let s go ahead and begin in vermont, a state reeling from some of its worst flooding in decades. gary tuchman there in brat tleboro. reporter: they don t deal with hurricanes, at least not until yesterday when tropical storm ire