75% of the town. its nearly 400 residents evacuated, many returning to fiend little left. everything s gone. they found some of my mom s clothes three miles north. reporter: entire blocks of downtown flattened. brick buildings crumbled, the city hall gone. among the survivors the mayor of the town who managed to get his family into the basement here seconds before the tornado blew the rest of his house away. he was hurt but is expected to be okay. more than a dozen others were critically injured. at least two people including a 5-year-old girl were killed. she was in a trailer that was located right on main street. and was directly hit. reporter: sadness and resilience. kitty. come here, kitty, kitty. reporter: lost loved ones found. amy is going to love you. reporter: an inspiration to live up to this community s unusual but fitting motto. their motto is a town too tough to die. i think they re going to give it