on nervously as her home of 50 years was overcome by floodwaters. oh, it s been terrible. terrible just to watch the water come up. reporter: her son roger waded in to gather anything he could carry out. on a scale of one to ten, how would you categorize this? probably about a nine. reporter: butler county sheriff park don says six inches of rain last night sunk entire neighborhoods, causing more than 30 breaches in the local levee. makes you scratch your head and wonder if it s not time to build an ark. reporter: in oklahoma, an ark might be the only means of transportation as bridges were washed over and out while residents beat a path to dry land. my dad said it was flooding but i didn t realize it was this bad. reporter: in johnson, arkansas, water rescue teams had to wade through neck-deep water to save the lives of mobile home residents and their pets. been around here all my life and this is the first time i ve ever seen the water up like that. repo
good evening, it has happened again. for the second weekend in a row, we are talking about widespread damage, homes splinter and quick thinking that saved lives in the face of a fierce tornado. it was the worst storm to hit st. louis in 40 years. just take a look at the radar picture from last night, all that red moving over st. louis. the airport there filled with travelers, was near the bull s eye. it is still closed tonight. tens of thousands are without power, but remarkably few people were injured and no deaths are reported. almost unbelievable when you see what they went through. the weather channel s mike seidel is on the ground at the airport in st. louis for us tonight. mike? reporter: good evening, kate. the early call on this tornado was an ef-4, first one of the season. that s the enhanced fujita scale that runs from 1 to 5, a strong tornado, could have had winds as strong as 200 miles an hour. it has been a very busy april. we have not seen this many tornadoes
we re talking about widespread damage, homes splintered, and quick thinking that saved lives in the face of a fierce tornado. it was the worst storm to hit st. louis in 40 years, just take a look at the radar picture from last night, all that red moving over st. louis. the airport there filled with travelers, was near the bull s eye. it is still closed tonight. tens of thousands are without power, but remarkably few people were injured and no deaths are reported. almost unbelievable when you see what they went through. the weather channel s mike seidel is on the ground at the airport in st. louis for us tonight. mike? reporter: good evening, kate. the early call on this tornado was an ef-4, first one of the season. that s the enhanced fujita scale that runs from 1 to 5, a strong tornado, could have had winds as strong as 200 miles an hour. it has been a very busy april. we have not seen this many tornadoes ever in april. 345 and counting. the tornado tore through lambert ai
good evening. it has happened again. for the second weekend in a row, we re talking about widespread damage, homes splintered, and quick thinking that saved lives in the face of a fierce tornado. it was the worst storm to hit st. louis in 40 years, just take a look at the radar picture from last night, all that red moving over st. louis. the airport there filled with travelers, was near the bull s eye. it is still closed tonight. tens of thousands are without power, but remarkably few people were injured and no deaths are reported. almost unbelievable when you see what they went through. the weather channel s mike seidel is on the ground at the airport in st. louis for us tonight. mike? reporter: good evening, kate. the early call on this tornado was an ef-4, first one of the season. that s the enhanced fujita scale that runs from 1 to 5, a strong tornado, could have had winds as strong as 200 miles an hour. it has been a very busy april. we have not seen this many tornadoe
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