so uh-huh. meantime, moving on, we got new video into fox & friends , this is the scene in texas. i hope i m pronouncing that right. people are now waking up after another deadly round of tornadoes. now to the town of denning, arkansas, a twister nearly a mile wide apparently decimated the small town. two people there are confirmed dead. here s the scene in oklahoma, video of a monster twister tearing through town. seven people were killed in that state. and some in nearby kansas as well. it comes days after one of the deadliest twisters in u.s. history hit joplin, missouri. here s the before and after pictures showing the incredible damage. 122 people confirmed dead but 1500 people are still unaccounted for. when i saw that number, i could not believe that. 1500 people in that small town still unaccounted for. what a travesty going on there. can t get enough warning, you
oklahoma. you re looking at chopper video courtesy of our affiliates on the ground. these are scenes that you can see the dark clouds there. we are getting ready for potentially another tornado there is another tornado and the storms are very, very serious. this coming only 48 hours after what happened in joplin, missouri, now facing the possibility of more severe weather. the death toll from sunday s monster twister in joplin now is up to 118. experts estimate that the damage to insure buildings and homes and cars could be as high as $3 billion. that s an initial estimate. let s get another take of what is going on in joplin, missouri. the governor roy blunt is joining us on the phone. senator, thank you for joining us and coming in. what did you see and what was it like? well, wolf, thanks for taking the time to talk about this. i was there most of the day today and i ve been in joplin hundreds of times.
this morning on world news now, tornado tragedy. the monster twister that flattened much of joplin, missouri, killing dozens of victims. the path of destruction several miles long after one of the deadliest tornados in history. it s tuesday, may 24th. good morning, i m peggy bunker. and i m rob nelson. rescue crews are pushed to the limit this morning as they search for survivors in such a wide path of debris. we will update the overwhelming work as dawn approaches on the second incredibly tough day for those folks in the southwest corner of missouri. crews there right now, as we speak, working in the middle of the night. also ahead, one powerful
relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is far greater. up to 118 right now and that makes this the deadliest single tornado on record in the united states since the weather service began keeping records 60 years ago. almost 500 people have been killed by tornadoes in this country so far this year, including one in that storm and a security camera gives another look at the power of the twisters and how much damage they can do literally in an instant. now more on the twister reported on the ground in oklahoma just minutes ago. the danger
caught on tape. we ll hear how one man in alabama grabbed his camera and shot some frightening scenes of a gigantic mile-wide tornado taking a destructive path through the city of tuscaloosa. that doesn t even look real. that looks like something out of a movie. doesn t it? yeah, like something that is computer generated. but it was shot firsthand. really just incredible. these storms, though, unfortunately have been deadly. at least 77 people have been killed across 4 states. most of those deaths were in alabama. mike marusarz is now joining us this morning with more details on all of this good morning, mike. reporter: several tornadoes rolled across the south last night. a massive twister appears to have hit tuscaloosa, alabama. that is something that you pray that you never, ever, ever see. reporter: this monster twister dropped over northern alabama. at one point 25 tornado warnings were issued at the same time for the same state. the unprecedented outbreak stretched from