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Jon: emergency crews and volunteers in oklahoma literally have been working around the clock since yesterday s killer tornados, searching for any remaining survivors. sergeant jeremy lewis from the moore police department joins us now. originally we thought, sir, that 51 people were dead. we were happy to hear that that number was revised downward earlier today. to 24 but the fear was that the number of dead could increase. do you have any information on that? as of this time it has not increased. we still have rescue and search teams in the areas where the tornado went through. haven t had any updates at this time but they re still searching a lot of the area. jon: just based on pictures we are seeing, the incredible devastation. buildings that were flattened and cars that have been crushed, it would seem that there must still be people trapped. the question is, whether you can find them alive or whether they may have expired? correct. ....
Casey. back to to casey steigel on the ground there in moore in about half an hour. in the meantime, he mentions the weather, jon, and you can see that on our camera, another factor in the rescue recovery. jon: lightning flashing in the skies around moore, and that rain starting to come down. the risk level for tornadoes the same as right before the killer twister blew through. meteorologist maria molina with where the next storms could hit. reporter: hi, jon, heartbreaking images out of moore, oklahoma. we ve had on and off rain throughout the morning hours, not good news, not what we need for clean-up efforts and, of course, search and recovery or rescue across oklahoma. but we do want to mention between noon and 1 p.m. local time, so that s central time, we re talking about between 1 and 2 p.m. eastern time we could actually be seeing another round of storms rolling through that area. as far as a tornado threat, we re not thinking we really could be seeing tornadoes with ....
Today digging through mound of rubble in hopes of finding any survivors still out there. two schools and one hospital among the structures almost completely destroyed. you can see block after block of devastation in this aerial photo of the storm s path. homes reduced to piles of wood. you ve seen those images and here are some more of them. you also have vehicles talked around and crumpled in heaps . roads closed after the tornado have reopened but officials are urging people not to travel to the disaster zone. extra highway patrol officers have been called in to watch the traffic. you don t want any more dangerous situations. we will continue to follow this developing story, bring you the very latest from the ground as we get it. jon: we are also seeing how social media plays a growing role in dealing with this kind of disaster. the city of moore deploying its own twitter feed to give folks very specific alerts about the storm yesterday. patti ann brown has more of that. reporter: ....
Agency utilizing social media, as john mentioned in the wake of these tornadoes the city of moore used twitter to keep track of which areas had been searched for survivors. for example, the city sent this tweet, quote, we have checked 1104 northeast 6th street several times, we are aware of the reports of people trapped at this address. it has been checked. in a situation where people have no access to television or radio social media hasee merged as a method of communication that people rely on in emergencies that is if their cellphone tower is still standing, jon. jon: some of the towers went down in that storm we know yesterday so that is a problem too. anything that can get through. thank you. jenna: other big news today, the white house offering a new account of the i.r.s. scandal changing the timeline of who knew what about the analyst targeting of conservatives and when they learned about it. we ll explain coming up. plus continuing coverage of the deadly tornadoes in oklahoma, ....
Jon: we continue to monitor the plaitest developments in oklahoma. people in the area still refer to another massive tornado that hit moore 14 years ago in 1999 simply as may 3rd. 36 people were killed that day. winds reached more than 300 miles an hour, the highest winds ever recorded near the earth s surface. that storm track, noted in this map in green. well, yesterday s powerful tornado hit almost exactly the same spot in moore traveling along the same trajectory for a while. yesterday s path note inside red. it then veered off to the east but, boy, jenna, look at those two stracks, almost one on top another. two tornadoes 14 years apart in moore, oklahoma. jenna: unbelievable. in the meantime, to washington, d.c. now. the former head of the irs ....