i couldn t move. it was really rough. what was going through your mind? i swore we were going to die. all i could do was pray. half of the death toll centers in one small town. 9,000 people live in harrisburg, illinois, six people died there. don lemon is there. the national weather service says the tornado was the second most powerful on the rating scale. how widespread is the damage this morning? reporter: ef-4. it s huge. pan around here and look. this is a neighborhood, a fairly new neighborhood. go left here to show. if this had happened in the afternoon when it was full of people, there would have been probably many more injuries, many more deaths here. luckily there were only six and i m saying luckily because every single person we ve spoken to, even the person who lost his mom said he can t believe at that only six people died in all of this. they say they re going to pick up the pieces. the red cross is here. they have lots of help. this he could use more he