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reporter: the parishioners that have shown up are leaning heavily on their faith. sometimes you think it happens to put life into perspective. reporter: and while there is nothing left of the church, the metal cross stands high across miles of devastation. i saw the cross standing and i thought how powerful and it gives us hope that god is still with us. reporter: father monday hand says that joplin is a faith-based it community but many have been asked why they have been burdened with such a tragedy. god allows things to happen and we don t know why. but when we look back, we always hear the good things that happen as a result. reporter: and some of those good thing are still happening right now at st. mary s catholic church. it s become a gathering spot for the parishioners here and they have been going through this rubble trying to save anything that they can. in fact, a 10-year-old boy today found the pastor s bible and he
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