went down yesterday. this radar is remarkable how it blew up. we ll run through this real quick. the tornado itself, the radar, just really ripped through joplin after exploding across southeast kansas. this wasn t a long-lived event where it went 200, 300 mile super cells like the last ones that rolled through alabama. it was enough to have all the ingredients to explode and notice it moved to the south and effort. 48 reports of tornadoes yesterday. 20 on saturday. also a deadly tornado in kansas saturday. of course our friends in minneapolis we re thinking of you, several injured with one fatality from a tornado yesterday. one of the 48 here. here s where the action is today. this is not severe at the moment but rolling through parts of the ohio and tennessee river valleys. later on today we expect to see a threat for some severe weather if you are doing travel, there will be be spots in new york where you have to deal with drizzle, but the highlight of the area there is where we e
folks should allow the professionals coming in to assist to get a full sweep there. we stand ready to put additional guard boots on the ground if necessary. it s going to be a stark view as people see dawn rise in joplin, missouri. it s early as you said. we re just starting to see daybreak and just starting to assess the damage, but in your estimation what you ve heard so far, did the early warning system work? was there enough time from when that alarm went off, warning of this tornado, to when people were able to seek shelter and it hit? they had as much as 17 minutes from the original on the one side of town and so there was some initial warning which has assisted us. the place this tornado hit, it knocked out a hospital, walmart, lowe s, high schools, it hit a very, you know, right next to that downtown area is a, you know, some residential areas, so folks i m sure heard the sirens. the other thing, this tornado was engulfed in a significant
sign from freeman hospital, that is where a lot of the people were transferred out of st. john s into that hospital. 400 being treated there or have been treated there for injuries ranging from minor to more severe. i m glad you made it out. it must be terrifying especially being with your friend s daughter 6 years old hoping you could keep hold of her. thanks for sharing your pictures. jamie green, photo journalist from the wichita eagle. rob marciano joins us now. we ve been talking about tornadoes all spring. this is just, we hope it s a period on the sentence of a horrible spring, but still trying to figure out the extent of the damage there. early similar to what went down in tuscaloosa and other parts of alabama and mississippi and georgia. the only hope i have here that it may be different is that the storms that rolled through the tuscaloosa area, came during kind of a blackout. they had earlier storms that morning and a lot didn t hear the warning. so, you know, hopefu
them and we ve been able to get them in here. we have over 40 agencies that have responded from kansas, oklahoma, arkansas and missouri with about 410 personnel in those 40 agencies. can you tell us about the injuries, the scope of the injuries at this point, and where you re sending people? we know your hospital took a direct hit. yes. the main hospital, st. john s did. we have freeman hospital across the way. we don t have a definitive count yet as far as fatalities we re working on that number and hope to have something later for the news conference. freeman hospital has reported they treated over 400 people just for injuries. wow. 400 people for injuries and as we understand that s right next across the street at least. they re across the street south of me. the american red cross spokesperson said 75% of the town is gone. you say that s a high estimate. if you had to sort of just taking a look at what you ve seen what do you think in terms of how much damage for the to
a moderate risk of seeing severe weather across areas that got hit over the weekend. we re not seeing a very quiet weather pattern setting up. first couple weeks much may was quiet but we re starting to get more active. in that area pay attention and be aware. thanks so much. after an all-out manhunt los angeles police now have a suspect in custody in connection with the brutal attack of a giants fan back on opening day. police say the 31-year-old giovanni ramirez was the, quote, primary aggressor in this vicious beating that left the victim, bryan stow n a coma. ramirez is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, being held on $1 million bail right now and meantime stow is still in critical condition. lance armstrong s former teammate is accused the cycling legend of taking performance enhancing drugs while training for the tour de france. tyler hamilton told 60 minutes on sunday he witnessed armstrong inject banned substances a charge armstrong has denied.