were standing right here trying to look at the tornado that is right here, you would never see it because it s wrapped in rain. it s shrowded by rain. maybe that s why so many people died. otherwise you get a big tornado like that going through a big city, sometimes you just can t survive it unless you re underground. not everyone has basements there. that raises the question, we re told that there was 24 minutes of warning when people were alerted. guess what? a tornado is on the way. if there s another tornado heading towards a city or a town, remibld mind our viewers what they must do if they hear that a tornado is heading their way? if you re in an apartment building, let s start from scratch, and there are pictures that you will see and hear throughout the night, a three-story apartment building. the top floor is missing. it is gone.
teams with he has to deal with the tornado devastation back here at home. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. it s been almost 24 hours since the people of joplin, missouri hid in their homes as the tornado tore through their city. officials say 116 people were killed and many more injured. this makes this storm tied for the second deadliest twister. the toll is expected to climb as one resident puts it. everybody s going to know people who are dead. a massive rescue operations under way that has been hampered by more bad weather. many pipes are damaged. despite the obstacles of success today, the governor says that there were seven rescues. in some cases, entire families were pulled from the rubble alive. at least 2,000 buildings are damaged, including one of the city s two hospitals. brian todd is joining us from outside of that hospital. he s joining us live now. brian? reporter: wolf, as you can see, we re getting another thunderstorm. they have bee