deadliest tornado in some 60 years, ever since they started tracking tornadoes in the united states. they ve also announced that the tornado that destroyed so much of joplin was an ef-5. that means the wind speeds were above 200 miles an hour. tornadoes with a double dose of terror. the missouri town of joplin is in ruins but vows to recover and rise again even as violent tornadoes touching down right now in oklahoma. more of the breaking news right after this. [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we re adding new cell sites. increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we re covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible.
side of the metro. back to you. chad, if this current tornado moves towards oklahoma city, that s a major, major urban area, much bigger than joplin, missouri, for example. folks have to start preparing right now. could be within the next few hours. is that right? it is. and oklahoma city proper, all the way from guthrie to edmund and down to norman kind of stretches out in a north-south fashion. not so much east and west, but north and south along i-35. and so as the tornado comes up he here, it s certain to hit on the ground. it s certain to hit some, either moore, norman, oklahoma city, or maybe even down towards midwest city and then across. this could be right into downtown for that matter. as it moves to the north and northeast right along the turner turnpike, right along the turnpike itself here. and there s another storm heading into guthrie. that s the big storm that i m very worried about. is that the storm? is that truly? that is live. this is the chickasha storm?
we re already experienced the worst tornado outbreak in 50 years. meanwhile, we ve air lifted the first family and the gang that travels with them to europe for six days of hobnobbing with various heads of state, eating the finest foods, drinking the finest wines while mother nature tears the hearts out of innocent people s lives. remember katrina? i can t help that voters remember well katrina when they elected america s first african-american president, like i said, just a thought. the question is this. what message is sent to the people of joplin, missouri, by the president s trip to europe? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my file. is he going to go there on sunday after he returns from europe. i am aware of that, wolf. okay. thank you.
month of the year. we ve just been told, chad, there s a 9:00 p.m. curfew in joplin, local time. 9:00 p.m. curfew in joplin, missouri, because they re worried about the severe weather moving towards their city once again. stand by, chad. we ll get back to you. we re watching all of the breaking news unfolding. these new tornadoes moving through oklahoma, moving ominously close toward oklahoma city. it almost got us. it intensified right on top of us. it s a half mile wide killer tornado. it just passed gregory road. it s now going to cross northwest expressway in about a minute. it s crossing northwest expressway right now. curtis: welcome back to geico radio,
tell our viewers how they can help if they want to help people in missouri and elsewhere. senator roy blunt of missouri. thanks very much. st. mary perish is one of the is one of the many buildings that has survived but the pastor survived. jacqui jeras is there. reporter: it s providing hope and encouragement by people that have been affected by this disaster. they really need to hear good news out of all of this. the 70-year-old pastor was able to walk out of this devastation without a scratch. this was the building that you were in? yes. reporter: there is almost nothing left but rubble where he served this community for the past 15 years. he survived the tornado by seeking haven? what he had always heard was the safest place, the bathroom. i got in the bathtub and