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 or more. at least not here. we re standing on the edge of i-40 here, north of little rock, but we are sure that the death toll is going to rise today. scenes of devastation this morning after a series of deadly tornadoes ripped across the mid-south on sunday. the hardest hit, arkansas. the massive destruction resulting in the most deaths. more than 100 people treated at various local hospitals. oh, wow, guys. my ears are popping. yep, we re in it right now. we re in the tornado. reporter: a tornado as much as a half-mile wide with winds estimated up to 150 miles per hour demolished the area of little rock, leaving the towns of mayflower and downtown vilonia in ruins.
grass. this same storm system claimed 16 lives in arkansas, as you can recall, from yesterday. it happened just as the sun went down a tornado ripped through the area and people ran for shelter. it was huge. it was one of the biggest that i ve seen. not that i ve seen that many. yeah, it was just a huge, black cloud. and then it just popped back up real quick and in about a minute it was over and i came outside. what you see is what we have. this video shows homes and businesses ripped from their foundations, snapped trees in downtown vilonia. it s the powerful storm to hit the area so far this year. at this hour, an intense search is under way.