syrian helicopter that violated its air space, but syrian state tv claims it was a surveillance drone. turkey s defense minister says two fighter jets shot at the helicopter after it flew seven miles or 11 kilometers into its air space. it s unclear where the aircraft came from. the turkish military says it has increased security in the area following the incident. well, it s been a rough couple of weeks for parts of the central united states. more powerful storms bringing tornados and tearing through parts of texas and oklahoma. check out this picture, this massive wedge tornado spotted in elmer, oklahoma. fortunately, no injuries or deaths reported. for more on this, we have meteorologist derrick van dam. he is at the world weather center. those pictures are extraordinary, derrick, and it s really the first time i ve heard the phrase a wedge tornado. yeah. a wedge tornado is a tornado that is wider than it is tall. so these things can be as expansive as up to a half mile
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victor espinoza have won the preakness. that was thrilling to watch. american pharaoh did it again. the kentucky derby winner flashed past the competition in the rain to win by five lengths. he is just one win from making history and getting the elusive triple kroub. the belmont stakes is held in three weeks but the last triple crown winner was affirmed back in 197. now to the severe weather in the midwest. 29 tornadoes reported across nine states saturday including this massive twister in elmer, oklahoma. storm chaser where is able to get close to this tornado. you can see there s some cows directly in the path. yikes. they don t seem squared. there s no word how they fared during the storm. let s get to the john yang in broken arrow, oklahoma, where there is storm damage for sure. what does it look like there? that s what it looks like. listen to that sound alex.
hail. we ll talk more about this system with tom seder. these pictures really demonstrate severity and it s pretty frightening. we had eight fatalities last week a big 29 tornadoes yesterday. that s a big number. i don t think we ll have that number today. we ve had water rescues in texas, terrible flooding in parts of kansas and here are the tornadoes. a number of them even at 3:35 this morning. the last one was from the national weather service in new orleans, a tornado there destroying a mobile home and flipping another one. this is, though what the radar looked like. the video you saw in elmer, this is in medicine park. elmer is off to the west/southwest but it was on the ground for a long time. you can see that hook as it reaches the region. here s what we re watching. cold air is coming in behind this. minneapolis 74 for a high today, tomorrow 47. that s it. and just like last week where we had snow we re seeing it on the
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