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we ve moved to a more secure location. i want to show you what s been happening in oklahoma, the storm there, simply unbelievable. this funnel cloud cut a tractor trailer in half. the driver escaped with his life. it was not the only tornado on the ground. at least four people killed west of oklahoma city in canadian county. at one point the national weather service had to evacuate its norman oklahoma storm prediction center. take a look. wow. woe got lightning really close. where is it? yeah. okay, we got another tornado on the ground. we re going to have to get out of here, guys. we can t stay around here. multiple vortex tornado on the ground. where s the location towards the south? don t worry about it. we re good, we re good. we ll be all right. here s a remarkable view from reporter david payne. reporter: there it is on the ground. it s getting stronger. elephant trunk tornado on the ground. from i-40 and highway 102, where is it from you, where is tha
close to these tornadoes. chad myers is going to be back with us in a moment. we ll check in. look how wide that tornado is near chickasha, oklahoma. many facebook pages already are full with heart-breaking pleas for word of loved ones right now, like little 16-year-old skyular logsdon, missing in that tornado that tore missouri apart. my heart goes out to all these parents and loved ones that are missing right now. by all accounts, as many as 1,500 people are still missing in joplin. that number is likely to change as the days go on. in the meantime, it is agonizing for the people who are looking for their loved ones. you re looking for a loved one? yes. we re looking for mark lindquist. joplin radio station kzrg takes calls trying to match people desperate for information with their missing loved ones.
the city was hit by the single most deadliest tornado in decad decades, search and rescue efforts have been not been hampered by rain and lightning. the official death toll is 113, but officials say ten times that many are unaccounted for. the head of the joplin emergency and management say that people scattered and no longer have homes and have not yet called in, but then there is will norton who was blown out of the hum attornmer after high school graduation, but the family believes he is somewhere in the area. and young skyular logsdon who was blown away f wai frway from they all got into the house
hi. you guys were looking for brandon and carrie sartori? yes, those names came up. i m brandon. there s not an official tally of the number missing in joplin, but one look at the devastated city says it all. very few buildings were spared. it s very widespread. i drove probably 20 minutes in my car, and i saw nonstop devastation from one end to the other. some are turning to social media, post after post on facebook from people trying to get in touch with family and friends. skyular logsdon is a 16 month-old baby. when the tornado hit, his mother wasn t able to hold on to him. she lost him in all that. it s just terrible. nobody s seen him since. the rest of the family is doing okay. we ve got to find him. the american red cross has a program called safe and well, where people can post online that they re okay. so far more than 1,000 people