2400 homes damaged or destroyed. 10,000 people affected by the twister was 1.3 miles wide. i want to look at this video shot by charles. he is one of the lucky ones. he road out the storm in a shelter. these pictures were taken from inside the shelter. it gives a picture of what it s like to be inside a tornado from ground level as it s happening. somewhere we never want to be. we want to understand it to have better preergs. one of the things we are doing here is we get a sense from a ground and another from the air. you can really get a sense of the air from the force of this tornado, the path it took, the randomens of who was affected and who wasn t. here is the look from above. we are going take you through the tornado s path from
oklahoma has barely begun the recovery effort after the deadly tornado here. no one better knows the suffering in moore than the people in joplin, missouri. today marks two years to the day since the tornado there killed 161 people, miguel marquez on this somber anniversary. good morning, miguel. reporter: good morning there, john. 5:41 p.m. two years ago when this category 5 storm ripped through here, and everywhere you look in this city, you can still see signs of it. if you look off to the distance, you can see the trees, still bare. everywhere you look in the town, you can see signs of the tornado. this parking lot you are looking at, actually where medical buildings that were once here. the storm ripped a 22-mile hole
meet with state and local officials to ensure that first responders are receiving the help they need as well as community. national weather service confirming the 1.3 mile wide tornado that really blew through her monday afternoon, it was an ef-5 tornado. doesn t get higher than that. damaged 2,400 homes. 10,000 people directly impacted by the storm. we expect insurance claims to top $1 billion. take a look at this video. a funnel cloud forming just seven minute after a tornado warning issued by the national weather service on monday. within moments, literally, a ten-minute window with high winds growing into what s known as a grinder. minutes later, carving up moore, oklahoma. moore medical center took a direct hit from the storm you have seen some amazing pictures, but amazingly hundreds of people inside. workers, patients, and families got to safety without injury. take a look at the hospital,
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cellar, get underground, you are going to have injuries and lives lost possibly, depending on the stage of the tornado and everything. and one is too many. 24 is way, way too many. but thank god it wasn t 51 or the 91 we heard earlier. timing. i was up in the air yesterday taking a look at the debris field, what it was like, 13 miles, 20 miles, whatever way you want to calculate it. whatever numbers you want to use, what kind of time does it take to go through, say with confidence, okay, we ve been everywhere, we know who is at places, we know the situation, how long does it take? you know when the tornado started and you probably know somewhat about the time we got in the field later that afternoon. i can pretty well assure you by late this afternoon, we will be