looking at the startling images from joplin in missouri where a twister yesterday has taken lives of 116 people so far. death toll is predicted to rise, probably quite significantly. you can see why from these appalling images. also the weather map tonight show worrying signs of potential further tornadoes. not just in joplin, missouri but other areas of the south, including dallas, kansas. it s going to be a rough night tonight and probably a rougher day tomorrow. nature s fury is also striking elsewhere tonight. iceland where an erupting volcano is spewing ash into the atmosphere. president obama has already been forced to leave ireland early to beat the cloud of volcanic ash. joining me is president of iceland. mr. president, thank you for joining me. obviously a very serious situation with this volcano. it s different from the one we
yes, piers. we know conditions are bad and communication is bad from joplin because of appalling weather you ve been having. tell us exactly what happened to you. i m not sure if he can hear me. can you hear me, tom? yes, piers. i know the communication is very bad. we ve been having trouble all day. it s obviously terrible weather still in joplin and will only get worse. tell me, tom, what happened to you last night? talk me through the experience you and your daughter had in the tornado. we heard the first tornado sirens go off and just from watching some of the radar we knew that that one was going to be going a little bit north of us. it s just when we heard the second set of sirens that we actually knew that we might be in for something a little bit worse from watching the radar on
behind you. i think you better take cover. stay safe. looks pretty hazardous even now. reporter: will do. reporter: thanks, piers. coming up, what you can do to help the victims in joplin. i ll talk to the red cross. what s so special about web browsing on the new blackberry playbook? lash! ah ahh. that s right, it runs flash. so unlike some tablets we could mention, you get the best of the internet, not just part of it. flash! ah ahh. producing products that save on fuel and emissions like ecopia tires. even making parts for solar panels that harness the sun s energy.
i was downtown to the north. it s relatively undamaged now but you go a mile south, two miles south of where i live, it s an eraser just half mile wide just eliminated half of the town. you obviously know joplin very well. we re hearing that the death toll is now 116 people including your aunt and uncle. already tying for the worst ever death toll from a single tornado strike. looking at the images that i m looking at which are just horrendous, given what you know of the town, would you say that there are likely to be more people that have died in this than the numbers that are being said at the moment? from things i heard from people who work at the hospital, i have to believe it s going to go a lot higher which i hate saying that. i think that s the truth in my heart and everybody knows that. i think when this is all said and done, everyone in this town
over densely populated areas, you have mass casualties. and that is what happened on numerous occasions this year. that s why the death toll is what it is. out in the plains in a wheat field it doesn t hurt anybody. if you get an ef-4 tornado through a heavily populated area like we saw in joplin, these kind of catastrophes are going to happen and the conditions are right for continuation of strong violent tornadoes as we go well into the month of june and part of july based on current weather conditions across the central i m sorry. i m going to have to interrupt you. that s been invaluable information. i m going to go to two people that survived the tornado in joplin last night. one is tom with his daughter olivia who barely escaped with their lives. can you hear me?