now they are cautioning they don t know that there s anything wrong with those 1500 people. they don t know that they re hurt or trapped or dead. they are just people whose families have contacted authorities to say that they don t know where they are. it s entirely possible they ve left the area, but all through the day yesterday and night, we are still having trouble communicating with people on the cell phone service because of the damage, the number of cell phone towers were put out, plus a lot of emergency workers and media in here. we don t know the state of those people. right now the death toll still standing at about 123 people in joplin, missouri, and the recovery continues. christine and kiran, if people want to find out more, they can help those devastated by the tornadoes in missouri, go to cnn.com/impact. we re going to link you to disaster relief in the other states that have been affected. this is a list of organizations and the ways you can help those in need. cnn.com/
this thing was absolutely full about ten minutes ago. when we got here it was all emptied out. people are starting to take shelter. some went in the back and you can see some people are trying to make decisions as to where they should go. a lot of people have applications and are getting messages as to where the storm is, but there is heavy lectrystorms. not much in the way of rain right now but the storm is headed in this direction. after what has happened here on sunday night, i guess some people just don t want to take chances. everybody is looking for shelter right now. moments after that the city became deserted as people went for shelter a quarter mile from where i was, casey wian was at the hotel he was based at. casey is with us this morning. the last thing these already traumaizized residents of joplin needed was another tornado scare and that scare became very real late last night. absolutely, ali. folks were on edge all day long because we knew the tornadoes were approaching
process from what these storms cut through this state yesterday and all of the despair it has caused here in the last 24 hours. ali? ed, that same system that spawned those tornadoes, moved northeast last night and got us again in joplin. sirens, tornado warnings went out, we were right here in this spot when that started. we decided we would get out of here and go to where we had seen we had last seen a gathering of people which was right off of i-44. a waffle house. as soon as we got there, there were no people. they had all of a sudden been pushed by the workers into the back of the restaurant. here s what happened. the last place we saw where there was a gathering of people was this waffle house right here near interstate 44. this is what they call sort of the hotel district in joplin. a lot of new hotels and restaurants around here. we figured let s get a lay of the land and find out what s going on here.
her greatest legacy. people say why didn t i have children, vie all of these as my children. from the school in south africa to the school here, she s made this one of, but a huge cause of advancing young people and helping them get ahead. we spoke to a young man who actually watches oprah s speeches and learns from them and has never missed a show, and he said the one thing that oprah said years ago that i remember, is she said, god said to me, use me until you can t use me anymore. and i took that to heart. and that s what she s taught millions of people around the world. fascinating stuff. thanks, alina. can t wait to see just her saying good-bye. that will be beautiful. down to joplin, missouri. ali is there where he s following the aftermath now of those tornadoes and another really rough night last night. hi, ali. yeah. really rough night last night. tornado sirens, heavy heavy weather. there remains hope in this town and across the heartland this morning and when we come
. more deadly extreme weather in the heartland. 9 people killed in three states. five in oklahoma. the national weather service says five tornadoes touched down. the heaviest damage in the western suburbs of oklahoma city. . joplin, missouri, even more after two days of getting hit by the deadliest twister on record. sirens and tornado warnings went off sending everyone scrambling for shelter including ali bell sbell velshi on the ground. you spoke to the woman ella who sought shelter in the basement with her small dogs. a lot of people are writing in saying what happens to the people that have lost everything? who helps them? reporter: yesterday, it was the first day where it wasn t ra raining for the daytime. we saw moments after i got off the air with you yesterday morning, all of the sudden, people were every we are. they were going through their homes, boxes, plastic bins.