unfortunately, we did have one fatality. it was a 65-year-old man. he was actually injured prior to the storm 37. he was running to a storm shelter. he fell, hit his head and later succumbed to the injuries. all the preparations were made in advance. we had the staff ready, the equipment ready. we just it was kind of a wait and see scenario. everything just happened very quickly. we received our last patient roughly around 9:00 this evening central time. i m told it was a teacher from one of the schools that was hit. i can say that she s in fair or good condition, so that s great news. but our tornado influx has definitely slowed as of now. we see several tornadoes in oklahoma. of course, may 3rd being the worst until today. we re hopeful that we do receive more patients because i know that there are several people that are still unaccounted for.
the back part of the house, the kitchen and other two bedrooms, don t look like they were really touched too much. i m grateful we ll be able to get a lot of things out of there but the house is completely gone on the outside. the garage, the attic, everything. still amazed the animals are alive. we ve been talking a lot about the oklahoma standard, complete strangers coming out to help people they ve never met before. what does that mean to you? well, although we just really got into the neighborhood, it s taken us this long, and i left work at 3:30, it s taken us this long to get to the neighborhood. i ve seen it so many times before, and there s just no people like oklahoma people. it s all about reconnecting at this point. if you have a loved one and don t live in oklahoma, you can t go to the reunification center they have set up, go to social media, facebook, the special sites they have set up. even the red cross, safeandwell.org. the red cross is encouraging people to go o
that s what we do best. reporter: in an area that needs warning, the chasers are doing what they can to save lives. ginger zee, abc news, moore, oklahoma. so at this point when you say they need a warning, the warnings didn t come fast enough. there are sirens and people tried to head to the right places. 16 minutes. 16 minutes is not enough to get anywhere when you look at the devastation. the question now is what happens next? next a lot of resources headed into moore, oklahoma. we have texas task force one being deployed. that s an 84-member team, 71st responders, search and rescue, canines, search and rescue, canines, physicians, paramedics, all heading into the heart to find as many as they can. and help people who have been found. a lot we have seen and heard them are kind of walking around with no sense of direction. they have no idea what hit them. everything s gone. what do you do? where do you go? federal disaster aid kicked off thanks to president obama and
with a new safe room, carved out of solid concrete. if you are in here it wouldn t be destroyed. you know what, the fact that you are still alive, god has got something for you to do. something for all of us to do. and i truly believe that. reporter: around the corner this was the howards and what was left of their home. it cost them nearly $150,000 to rebuild. and now their children chase ice cream trucks down the street. there is good days. there is bad days. right now it is a good day. just cherish every moment you got. just hold on to everything. reporter: joplin upgraded their weather sirens, handed out weather radios to families. and today parents and kids broke ground on a new grade school and high school to replace the schools that were destroyed one year ago. steve osunsami, abc news, joplin, missouri. inspiring. you know, that s the kind of story you want to see now, after going through seeing what we ve seen in oklahoma. that s what they can expect from
bodies are being recovered. homes, schools, hospitals, all leveled in that twister. it had wind speeds up to 200 miles an hour. abc s ginger zee reports from moore. this is turning into a very destructive tornado and it s getting bigger. reporter: a local television helicopter capturing the pictures up in the sky, catching this tornado, ranked a preliminary ef-4. look closely and you can see the flashes as the power lines and transformers are ripped apart. there is a huge flash, right there. it is just ripping up everything in its path. reporter: from the ground, darkness overwhelming moore, oklahoma. you can see the tornado bearing down on these streets. unbelievable destruction. entire neighborhoods gone. houses and cars piled on top of each other. as we know today, we ve had a massive tornado, a huge one, and it passed through this community. we do know there are fatalities. reporter: in some parts, everything leveled, cars tossed.