good evening. it s a very difficult night and dangerous night here in joplin, missouri. the death toll, as you know, is 116 but that number, frankly, is likely to rise. the number of missing at this hour is simply not known. it s impossible at this point to know. we re going to try to talk to the mayor of joplin in a few moments to get the latest information we can. there s a lot to tell you about. now, the affected areas have been declared a disaster area by president obama. there are crews out even now still looking for people who may be alive, still trapped in the rubble. and the rubble is all around us. it goes for miles. as far as the eye can see. the location i m at, it is just completely destroyed neighborhoods, block after block. all you see on the horizon are broken and bent and destroyed trees. there is lightning in the air. a heavy downpour of rain, which has been going on and off throughout the day, which has been making the search and rescue operations all the
rubble. and the rubble is all around us. it goes for miles. as far as the eye can see. the location i m at, it is just completely destroyed neighborhoods, block after block. all you see on the horizon are broken and bent and destroyed trees. there is lightning in the air. a heavy downpour of rain, which has been going on and off throughout the day, which has been making the search and rescue operations all the more difficult. and now night has fallen. again, there very well may be people alive under the rubble some 28 hours after this tornado struck. this disaster is still very much ongoing. this isn t something that happened 28 hours ago, a single event. you still have driving rain, bad weather and people who still may be alive out there. at least seven people have been found alive in the rubble so far. the searchers will continue. more bad weather is expected tomorrow. again, it is not going to get any easier in the hours ahead. we have complete coverage tonight for the ful
be alive, still trapped in the rubb rubble. and the rubble is all around us. it goes for miles. as far as the eye can see. the location i m at, it is just completely destroyed neighborhoods, block after block. all you see on the horizon are broken and bent and destroyed trees. there is lightning in the air. a heavy downpour of rain, which has been going on and off throughout the day, which has been making the search and rescue operations all the more difficult. and now night has fallen. again, there very well may be people alive under the rubble some 28 hours after this tornado struck. this disaster is still very much ongoing. this isn t something that happened 28 hours ago, a single event. you still have driving rain, bad weather and people who still may be alive out there. at least seven people have been found alive in the rubble so far. the searchers will continue. more bad weather is expected tomorrow. again, it is not going to get any easier in the hours ahead. we have c