off, take the shingles and the barn. it will damage the car with some hail. everybody will walk out of the house, and the windows will be broken, and you re fine. that s a typical, garden variety tornado. we are not seeing these. we are seeing large violent storms with large tornadoes over 150 miles per hour, one after the other, like a big rake just raking across the country. we raked across alabama. there had been 49. and today i know we re going to add to that number because there are fatalities already. there were 49 as of yesterday killer tornadoes so far this year. an average year, wolf, only has 22 killer tornadoes. we ve doubled that. the number of tornadoes that have killed people approaching 50, and today will be well over that. if you keep on going, the numbers are staggering. the numbers for april, almost 1,000 tornadoes for the years so far. the first three months, we had like 50. april had so many more and now obviously may, the most active
relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is far greater. up to 118 right now and that makes this the deadliest single tornado on record in the united states since the weather service began keeping records 60 years ago. almost 500 people have been killed by tornadoes in this country so far this year, including one in that storm and a security camera gives another look at the power of the twisters and how much damage they can do literally in an instant. now more on the twister reported on the ground in oklahoma just minutes ago. the danger
so big? we ll call it a garden variety tornado of 100-mile-per-hour storm compared to a monster of 200 to 230, we ve seen some at 270 miles per hour, how do you get there? it is a special cell, a special situation and special circumstances. all right, chad. we re going to have more of that as we come back from the break to explain how that actually happened and the impact it has on these communities. called a mezo cyclone. we ll get all into it. more after the break. droid m. it s everything the tablet should be. starting at $599. by giving me huge discounts on rooms hotels can t always fill. with unpublished rates. which means i get an even more rockin hotel, for less. where you book matters. expedia. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp. medicare supplement insurance card, too.