they re all i had. me and my boys went straight to the creek. we ran as fast as they could. the tornado was right behind us. we went into the creek. i finally got up there after walking without any shoes on that rock road, there she was. it was, she was under so much rubble. and i couldn t help her. i didn t know what to do. martha: oh, my goodness. emergency crews still there, searching this morning for more survivors. meanwhile several storm chasers putting their lives in danger to try to capture the massive tornadoes that slamed the midwest. later this hour we ll talk to one of them and hear what it is like to be up and close and personal with a monster of mother nature. scenes like that playing out. martha: heavy damage reported in neighboring indiana as the storm moved east. lebanon, indiana was one of hardest hit in the state when the tornado sirens went off. there were 20 people inside the starbucks you will see in a moment. they hid in the restroom.
southern new england was battered by winds topping 80 miles per hour. this house near the famous finally, a dramatic rescue off north carolina in the middle of the storm. 16 people had to abandon a replica british warship. unfortunately one of the ship s crew did not make it and another is missing but the coast guard was able to bring the rest to safety. abc s matt gutman shows us. reporter: its final journey began last week as it headed for st. petersburg. the mast made its debut in the 1962 film mutiny on the bounty, and was ready for the swashbuckler pirates of the caribbean. but the bounty changed its course, abc news has learned. captain robert wahlberg moved east, hoping to avoid the brunt of sandy. the captain facebooked his reasoning saying a ship is safer at sea than at port. but 20-plus-foot waves and gale-force winds caused it to lose power. it would take hours to muster a helicopter. because of the heavy winds, it took nearly seven hours before
16 people had to abandon a replica british warship. unfortunately one of the ship s crew did not make it and another is still missing, but the coast guard was able to bring the rest to safety. abc s matt gutman shows us. reporter: its final journey began last week as it headed for toward its winter port in st. petersburg. the majestic three-masted tall ship made its debut in the 1962 film mutiny on the bounty, and was ready for the swashbuckler, pirates of the caribbean. but even before the bounty left connecticut, it changed its course. captain robert wahlberg moved east, hoping to avoid the brunt of sandy. the captain facebooked his reasoning. saying a ship is safer at sea than at port, but 20-plus-foot waves and gale-force winds battered the ship, causing it to lose powe because of the heavy winds, it took nearly seven hours before
and that heat can cause and create another thunderstorm ind behind it. wichita, texas, was hit by two large and deadly tornadoes just hours apart. right down the exact same line. here s what we have. let s do a reset. about two hours ago, we had a severe thunderstorm watch. we had hail coming down, the size almost of tennis balls. then all of a sudden that watch was upgraded to a tornado watch because the storms are beagaining to rotate. then we had two storms out by themselves. those two storms were right in the dallas and the ft. worth area. this is a picture of it earlier. this is near hutch kins. this isn t current. this is about one hour ago. we had this video live on the air just to the east of 35-e. it s now not rotating enough i don t believe to put down a significant tornado as it moves just to the west of necessary kweet. it could regenerate. they do that. these tornadoes can skip up and down. to the west of this big storm that you re seeing now was another tornad
and administrator fugate will detail some of those efforts. now, every storm s prediction is a bit of science and a little bit of art. this one moved in, moved out, moved east, moved west, it has been category 3, it has been category 2. given the amount of rain associated with this storm, and the likelihood of flooding, however, i would encourage you not to focus too much on whether it is a category 2 or 3. if you are in the storm path, you won t be able to tell much difference. so let me introduce bill reed of the national hurricane center. he s now going to give you the most current update of the storm and its path and as i said before, we ll turn it over to administrator fugate. bill? thank you, secretary napolitano. very good words about not getting turned away with the finer details of the category. right now irene is a very classically shaped hurricane with the exception of the 81