up the pieces after the deadly twisters some of the most powerful winds were close to 200 miles an hour. the area faces a threat of more severe weather today. here is abc s steve osunsami. oh, my god! reporter: the latest pictures deadly tornados that tore through texas are frightening and amazing. oh, my god! look at it, right above us. reporter: the pounding, giant hail. [ indiscernible ] the biggest i have ever seen. we have casualties and severe injuries we have multiple houses that are no longer there. reporter: police searching door to door. burning up the radio. we are going to need as many units as we can, we re going to have to dual search-and-rescue. reporter: families were trapped in their homes. six people were killed. 70 survivors sent to hospitals. there is a young girl, she was sucked out of her house. crazy. reporter: when the sun rose and she looked around
announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. and we begin this half-hour in texas where they re picking up the pieces after the deadly twisters some of the most powerful winds were close to 200 miles an hour. the area faces a threat of more severe weather today. here is abc s steve osunsami. oh, my god! reporter: the latest pictures deadly tornados that tore through texas are frightening and amazing. oh, my god! look at it, right above us. reporter: the pounding, giant hail. [ indiscernible ] the biggest i have ever seen. we have casualties and severe injuries we have multiple houses that are no longer there. reporter: police searching door to door. burning up the radio. we are going to need as many units as we can, we re going to have to dual search-and-rescue. reporter: families were trapped in their homes. six people were killed. 70 survivors sent to hospitals. there is a young girl, she
through early wednesday and storm prediction center forecasting development of strong and violent tornadoes, giant hail and damaging winds. this is almost a sure thing. that is coming together: strong jet stream; the gulf of mexico moisture that fuels the storms and the jet stream produces the violent super cells we have seen in april and may and the low from the rockies and a punch through the atmosphere from the dry line with the long-lasting tornadoes. storm prediction center says this is a particularly addition situation, so very dangerous situation across texas, oklahoma, into kansas and missouri and we have a tornado warning for colorado. also, severe thunderstorm watch toward the mid-atlantic region so this is shaping up to be