major roads into the city of ringo and are still in the process of search and rescue, for the safety and security, that was the reason that we have closed down the access to the general public to the city. bill: okay, now that was the sheriff again, catoosa county, northern georgia and what is staggering to watch the video and hear about the number of dead, but, once you consider the warning that was out there, throughout the afternoon, yesterday, and early morning hours, and, if you have more than 200 dead and they knew the storms were coming, how powerful these tornadoes were. how devastating they turned out to be, even with warning that a storm was coming and was on its way, it is staggering to think about and again we are starting to peel back the first early layers of the story, the devastation in the south. and, martha has more now in london, we have our satellite signal reestablished with you, martha, good morning, again. martha: all right, good morning, again, bill. so, now, th
but we ve had tornado warnings all the way up into baltimore and into new york state. nothing reported really on the ground up there that was very large, but it was the cell that moved from tuscaloosa into birmingham, that s it right there, that put down that very large tornado. you don t get damage like that, you don t get a picture like that without it being a 4 or a 5. 5 is as high as you can go. ef-4 or 5 damage about 200 miles per hour. some of the doppler estimates were at 177 knots. that s close to 200 miles per hour. the storm system is still moving into georgia. there are still a couple tornadoes on the ground, especially in western georgia. and also into southeastern alabama. it s cooling down a little bit. the storms are bumping into each other a little bit. the tornado intensity is probably coming down. the darker it gets, the more nighttime, they re harder to see and track, and also the air is cooler and they tend to not be as severe. we ll keep watching, though,
tuscaloosa. a short time ago, officials announcing two students from the university among that city s 36 dead. our meteorologist reynolds wolf right there. give us the latest. just as we bring you into the program, that devastation is just shocking. reporter: to be honest, john, i m surprised there aren t more that have lost their lives in the storm. the idea that anyone happened to be in the direct path of this tornado and survived, that in itself is a miracle. the idea that as many died that have died is a tragedy but unfortunately it looks like we re going to see more added to that number as the hours and days go on. we ve been talking about the loss of life. we ve been talking about the damage we have to the homes, to many of the trees. but it s been the small things that really stand out. if you look at this tree which is part of a tree that s about 60 feet long, this area, broken off, maybe about 20 feet, but some of the areas close up, it s almost like it s just been
moving out of alabama proper, really, and into georgia. but we ve had tornado warnings all the way up into baltimore and into new york state. nothing reported really on the ground up there that was very large, but it was the cell that moved from tuscaloosa right over into birmingham. that s it right there. that put down that very large tornado. you don t get damage like that, you don t get a picture like that without it being a 4 or a 5. and 5 is as high as you can go. ef4, ef5 damage, about 200 miles per hour. some of the doppler radar estimates were at 177 knots. do a little multiplication. that s pretty close to 200 miles per hour. now, the storm system is still moving into georgia. there are still a couple of tornadoes on the ground, especially into western georgia. and also into southeastern alabama. it s cooling down a little bit. the storms are bumping into each other a little bit. the tornado intensity is probably coming down. the darker it gets, the more nighttime,
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