bianca is off for today, but just ahead on cnn newsroom i ve heard another tornado warning, it s like never ending today. this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. the town is rallying around each other and i think we re all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. i m not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking
plains. under 160 million are under high wind alerts a storm expert tells cnn it s still early for a tornado system. it s a nighttime tornado, those are always quite difficult and, you know, extra dangerous. one thing today, you know, it s february. it s traditionally the southern plains and tornado alley, if you will, doesn t really start to come alive with the tornadoes and severe weather outbreaks until maybe march, especially april and may. that s the peak tornado severe season here in the southern plains. this is quite an early wake-up call for people living on the southern plains. the great plains, i guess, are ready to start producing tornadoes already. cnn s local affiliate ksco is on the in oklahoma. our report from oklahoma city. reporter: we found a little more damage, now, these power lines are kind of leaning over
they would have had to have had an incredible amount of documentation to get this. things just smell funny, it was based on real bona fide information. thanks very much to all three of you. next, we continue our coverage of this breaking news, donald trump not the only one talking about the election, still, hillary clinton now today, guess what. she s open to questioning the legitimacy of the results. trump s legal team have a public discussion about the russia investigation. who took this picture? a reporter sitting at the next table. he is my guest, he heard it all. we re tracking hurricane maria on an incredibly destructive path at this hour. a storm expert will tell us what is so different about this one.