reporter: i spoke with so many people in this community. not one heard a siren. we know from the city manager that s because the siren system failed due to a lack of electricity. those that did know whom i spoke with that there was danger coming, that s because they had weather applications on their phones that alerted them. let me show you what s happening on the ground. that s really cleanup mode. heavy machinery coming here and clearing out all of these destroyed homes and businesses. they ll need to clear this out before they can rebuild. and also, look up there. these guys up there, crews working on those power lines getting electricity back into this town. that is going to be a big part of the cleanup effort as well and rebuilding effort. i spoke with alexa, an 11-year-old girl who rode out the storm in a mobile home praying in that moment as the windows were shattering that her family would make it out safe. her family did, but at a nearby mobile home, 11-year-old matthew rami
who took cover inside of a mobile home as the tornado was going overhead. she prayed for the safety of her family. she was fine. her family was fine. their home was totaled. but at a nearby mobile home, 11-year-old matthew ramirez was not. he is very funny. he was very funny. we would always joke around and he would always be playing with his friends, playing soccer. he loved soccer. yeah. and i just remember, like, him like we d be in class, like, sometimes he would come in class and he would just be laughing for no reason and he would make his friends laugh. it was funny. reporter: ramirez here is the youngest victim of this tornado. the death toll standing at three. we know from the general hospital that they treated 160 people for tornado-related injuries and a hospital that only had 25 beds. so really a remarkable effort here by medical staff. victor, amara. isabel rosales, thank you.
some of the people who lived through that tornado. i spoke with so many people in this community over the past couple of days, and not one of them heard a siren. now we know from the city manager, that s because the siren system failed due to a lack of electricity. those that did know, whom i spoke with, that there was danger coming, that s because they had weather applications on their phones that alerted them. i want to show you now what s happening here on the ground. that s really cleanup mode. heavy machinery coming here and clearing out all of these destroyed homes and businesses. they ll need to clear this out before they can rebuild. and also, look up there. these guys up there, crews working on those power lines. getting electricity back into this town. that is going to be a big part of the cleanup effort, as well. and rebuilding effort. i spoke with an 11-year-old little girl who rode out the storm in a mobile home, pray in that moment as the windows were shattering that he
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