storm chaser: watch behind her, scotty. narrator: even if you re in a shelter, even if you re exactly where you re supposed to be during a tornado. for those one, two, three minutes when everything is falling apart around you, it s chaos. storm chaser: that is one of the [indistinct] tornado. storm chaser: oh my god. back up. narrator: and you re just at the mercy of mother nature. it really is a terrifying experience to go through. storm chaser: run it back oh, that s a trailer house. [theme music] welcome to violent earth. i m liev schreiber. 2023 set an all time record for weather and climate related disasters in the us. 28 events with losses over $1 billion. wildfires, hurricanes, and floods are more frequent than ever. the earth is changing. tonight, we delve into one of the most powerful natural hazards in the world, tornadoes. terrifying vortexes unleashed from thunderstorms that can cause unimaginable destruction. few examples of their power are more definitive than
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we knew that it was probably about to hit. i remember officer simpson went to the front window and he just yelled, there s debris coming in. and as i watched him turn and run towards us, the whole front of the building just exploded inward on us. you almost couldn t even tell which way it was up, there was much wind and debris. it was almost like being underwater. trent okerson: mayfield water and electric, their facility was just on the edge of the worst damage path. even there, you saw the massive amounts of debris that was blowing, pieces of wood flying through the air like missiles, and they weren t even directly in the core of that tornado. one of the buildings that was close to the police department that got hit real hard was the f&b bank right there on the court square. and all of a sudden, boom. the tornado hits. it s that fast.
we knew that it was probably about to hit. i remember officer simpson went to the front window and he just yelled, there s debris coming in. and as i watched him turn and run towards us, the whole front of the building just exploded inward on us. you almost couldn t even tell which way it was up, there was much wind and debris. it was almost like being underwater. trent okerson: mayfield water and electric, their facility was just on the edge of the worst damage path. even there, you saw the massive amounts of debris that was blowing, pieces of wood flying through the air like missiles, and they weren t even directly in the core of that tornado. one of the buildings that was close to the police department that got hit real hard was the f&b bank right there on the court square. and all of a sudden, boom. the tornado hits. it s that fast.
tail end some names and towns are going to be in the direct, direct path of extreme damage. that will be delhi park, live oak, mayo, jasper, lake city, and if you continue north east to northwest to jacksonville, st-georges, fargo, highland, and you in the southeast coast, kirkland, north of jacksonville, woodbine. that there is going to have a major damage path, but i can say in the state of florida i have talked to state aoc operations and i can tell you that they have an armada between state eoc, we have got coast guard standing by, helicopters, they have emergency ambulances from a number of states already in the state waiting to respond. we have ten urban search and rescue pre deployed ready to move in as soon as a hurricane passes to go and find people. we have airboats deployed, so we have massive resources in the state of florida that are waiting to rush in here and help clear the roads. there is going to be probably