mandatory evacuation. now, right now as we see people enjoying the surf and enjoying the beach we have been watching people going up very close actually and taking pictures next to the crashing waves. not advised. there has been massive flooding along the streets that had waves lapping up against businesses that were boarded up and sandbagged before the storm. a redundant scene up and down long island as trees were splintering like tooth picks, taking down power lines and knocking out power to nearly half of long island s 1.1 million utility customers. the local fire chief here of long beach requested assistance from nassau county. thing ecktive has given him the help he needed to clean out the debris. national guard troops along the way to assist with the cleanout as well. the one good thing we can say about nassau county and the massive waves going on right now is there is going be a big sur of competition scheduled to take place next week. still going to take place next week as far
so now from piedmont right there on the map and then into the northwestern sections of oklahoma city property and into edmond. maybe up towards gut rhrie and it s a long, long time friend of mine and when he says that there s something on the ground, you can believe that. he s an outstanding meteorologist and mike morgan, i worked with him as well. the entire area there is in danger from piedmont to the northwest across the northwest expressway into edmond. you need to be taking cover now. a tornado that could be 150 miles per hour. chad, i want to play that video one more time right now. because you see these utility poles, they are ripping up like tooth picks. let s watch and listen. you can see the front of it. everything that is dark in between there, mike, is the tornado. it s on the ground and on the west side of piedmont.
relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is far greater. up to 118 right now and that makes this the deadliest single tornado on record in the united states since the weather service began keeping records 60 years ago. almost 500 people have been killed by tornadoes in this country so far this year, including one in that storm and a security camera gives another look at the power of the twisters and how much damage they can do literally in an instant. now more on the twister reported on the ground in oklahoma just minutes ago. the danger
beyond belief. jen i don t know you authentic. karl, thank you very much for being with us. other news here, dejavu in iceland, check out this volcano, sending thick ash high into the area. it s different than the one that shut down air travel last year in europe. we ll explain, though, how this one is also causing major problems. breaking news from pakistan, the taliban storming a naval base. now there are new details about what pakistani security forces did to regain control. much more as well on the deadly storms in the midwest, as we keep our focus here state side, jon. jon: we can get more information for you from fox news.quom, jenna. here s the home page. we now understand this number has actually gone up, at least 90 people are dead. take a look at this. this is a rescue hop from the hospital there that was so badly damaged, those blades are stronger than iron, and they have been snapped like tooth picks. if you scroll down just a little bit, there s a photo
problem i would not ask everyone else to change their lives to fit my life. for more let s go to our youth and edge cation correspondent. bp, is the school listening to the parents demands 1234 . i didn t make it to 30,000 but there is 2,752. wow. that s a life skill i was talking about. s.a.t.s cannot test for your ability to stick tooth picks into your beard. diana, are the parents right to be upset at this poor child, the parents of the other kids? when i first read this i thought maybe they were going way over the top, and i was curious to see what the rules were. so far the only ones was washing of the hands. at one point they said rinsed