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89 is a big number to swallow and will probably grow. more than 300 were killed in alabama. yeah. i m hoping more people got the warning because power was on before the storm came through. doppler radar one of the ways we give that warning. we have this ability. this is a high resolution what we call gibson ridge radar. you can see that hook. a hook and well-defined super cell that have a tornado and it s in the backside of that where you see that hook, this doppler we pick up debris that s flying around the area. here s how the radar rolled through the afternoon and evening yesterday kind of a backwards look at it, firing off across the southeast kansas. this one rolled south and east as opposed to the last outbreak we lad that rolled from the southwest up to the northeast. let s get more forward looking as far as how many storms and how many rrps we have. 48 reports of tornadoes yesterday. do not want to exclude what happened in iowa and what happened in minneapolis. that would ....
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 ....