Rain Don T Hit News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

many ran to seek safer ground, but boy, the devastation is coming to light today. that s right. 12 hours later life has changed in joplin, missouri. a powerful tornado ripped that city apart. the red cross said 75% of the town is virtually gone with reports of at least 30 people killed and dozens more injured. 50,000 people live in the city. no phone service, power lines are down, cars and trucks smashed and flipped. the governor calling out the national guard and declaring a state of emergency this morning. to make matters worse the city s main hospital st. john s medical center where people would have gone to get help suffered extensive damage. witnesses say windows were blown out on some of the top floors. medical records, x-rays and other items scattered nearly 70 miles away. at least 100 patients hadden to transferred to other area hospitals. crews combing through mounds of debris and rubble searching for survivors. brian todd is live at joplin at st. john s. w ....

Tornado Warnlgs Go Off , New York City , Red Cross , Power Lines , Phone Service , State Of Emergency , Injured , Rain Don T Hit , Canine Help , John S Regional Medical Center , X Rays , Main Hospital St , Medical Records , Area Hospitals , Brian Todd , Joplin At St , John Hunts Manl , Photo Journalist , John S Medical Center , The St , We Saw Doctors , Pick Up Truck , Jay Nixon , All Of A Sudden , Miranda Lewis , The Town Hospital ,