forecasters say the greatest threat of tornadoes is from the mississippi valley. at least five people were killed when twisters hit during rush hour. in kansas, two people died when high winds knocked a huge tree onto their van. two more were killed in arkansas and around dallas, severe thunderstorms dropped baseball sized hail and left 70,000 people without power. terrell brown has more. reporter: this was one of several tornadoes that roared through the suburbs of oklahoma city right after rush hour tuesday. the twisters turned over tanker trucks, tore down trees and leveled homes. i was expecting trees gone, maybe roof, but obviously totally, totally gone. had the house here, we had a three-car garage, two-story garage apartment, silo, another house. reporter: the car tim s wife just bought is now leaning against a tree but he s looking at what he didn t lose. the family is all safe and that s what matters. reporter: within hours of the tornado s hitting, homeown
good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i m betty nguyen. violent storms are moving east this morning, after tornadoes killed at least nine people in oklahoma, kansas and arkansas. forecasters say the greatest threat of tornadoes is from the mississippi valley. at least five people were killed when twisters hit during rush hour. in kansas, two people died when high winds knocked a huge tree onto their van. two more were killed in arkansas and around dallas, severe thunderstorms dropped baseball sized hail and left 70,000 people without power. terrell brown has more. reporter: this was one of several tornadoes that roared through the suburbs of oklahoma city right after rush hour tuesday. the twisters turned over tanker trucks, tore down trees and leveled homes. i was expecting trees gone, maybe roof, but obviously totally, totally gone. had the house here, we had a three-car garage, two-story garage apartment, silo, another house. reporter: the car tim s wife ju
storms from that same system also battered a town already in ruins from one of the worst tornadoes in history. all right, and we re going to continue with this story here, as you know, there have been a number of storms that have battered the area overnight, and we are getting the latest from tornadoes out of oklahoma city. terrell brown has a report from the damaged area. reporter: this was one of several tornadoes that roared through the suburbs of oklahoma city right after rush hour tuesday. the twisters turned over tanker trucks, tore down trees and leveled homes. trees gone, roofs, totally gone. had the house here, we had a three-car garage, two-story garage apartment, silo, another house. reporter: the car his wife just bought is now leaning against a tree but he s looking at what he didn t lose. the family is all safe and that s what matters. reporter: within hours of the tornado s hitting, homeowners started searching for anything they could salvage. this de