she s okay and everybody else in the st. louis area is okay as well, no reports of fatalities or injuries. there is one big piece of a problem here is that there is an arena where a lot of graduations are taking place, scheduled to take place today. now they re trying to figure out alternate plans. looks like one of the worst hit places in missouri is st. charles county north of st. louis. we ve got video taken just this morning. look at this. oh my gosh. look at this. this was of course caused by last night s tornadoes and you see as typical of tornadoes some houses look as if they re untouched on the right side of your screen and down the left those houses destroyed and now the violent storms are spawning flash floods. with us now by phone from st. charles county is government spokeswoman colin mcintee, tell me what the conditions are. right now we have a little bit of rain and seems cloudy
0 wow, that s what it looked like as these tornadoes rushed through as many as five twisters hit oklahoma. you see cars speeding down the road, the debris flying everywhere out of a total of 17 that were reported, that number from the national weather service. watch that bale of hay slam into the car. 17 is the number from the national weather service across the midwest. two of the towns in the path of the storm el reno and union city, five deaths blamed on the storm including a mother and small child. at least 70 others were injured but that may not be all. a number of casualties will probably go up, we expect that to go up in the next 24 hours, hopefully not very much, hopefully not at all but it certainly appears that it may. and right now, flooding is a major concern. the storms brought more than ten inches of rain in some areas. we have team coverage across the damage zone. george howell is in union city, oklahoma, ed valencia is in el reno. george let s begin with you. it s