that to you as soon as it gets underway. here is the very latest on that. at least 26 people were killed, dozens injured, after powerful storms ripped through several towns. the ef4 tornado spawned winds up to 200 miles an hour, destroying homes, buildings, and virtually obliterating the entire town of lulling fork, doctors in the state s western border. president biden declaring a state of emergency for the area as now certain rescue teams are combing through the destruction, hoping to find survivors, and helping those in need. we have got our lives. [inaudible]. but we are good. [inaudible]. i ve never seen anything like this. i ve seen tornadoes, but not like this. i must embassy joining us from ground zero about that destruction. welcome, let s talk about the situation there. what is it like? what are you seeing? really, there is not much left standing right behind you. exactly, alex, you can say, we are right next to the area where the governor will be speaki
it over to senator mister representative thompson. we re about to spend some local and state money on this. we re gonna do it in coordination with one of the best state of emergency management teams in the country. we re good because we have the experience. we really would prefer if we didn t quite have as much opportunity to show how good we are. but the governor has put a good team together and we ve been visiting with him yesterday and today. madam administrator and mister secretary, we re gonna spend some money. we re going to get the best guidance we can from jackson and washington d.c.. we want cooperation when we ask for reimbursement. we have had a problem in the past. i don t anticipate any problems in the future because we re gonna work with you. we re gonna spend the money the right way according to the
right now on the ground in different areas of oklahoma. and, governor, what are the meteorologists telling you, your state of emergency management people telling you about the scope? how many tornadoes to expect if more than one and how broad the area where people need to be on alert? they need to be on alert right now and need to be watching the news and stay on top of this weather. it s a very dangerous storm. we anticipate the storm is going to last all night. it s a wide storm that goes clear from texas up to the kansas border. it s making a wide sweep through oklahoma. at one time a few moments ago, we had two, three, four tornadoes on the ground at once, and several of them were huge tornadoes that were on the ground, and we were seeing debris that was coming up. we were seeing flashes of lightning on the ground which means it s hitting, and we do know we ve had some damage on the ground yet, but once again, we re all still watching the storms and trying to keep safe until th
chad meyers is in the severe weather center. let s get right to chad on oklahoma. chad? we have a line of weather from kansas to texas right across the red river. we have multiple i counted eight a little bit ago severe thunderstorms all rotating that could put down tornadoes at any time. we do know that big tornadoes have been on the ground, tornadoes in excess of 150 miles per hour to the west of oklahoma city. one just to the west of el reno into oklahoma. that s just a suburb of oklahoma city and on toward guthrie. tornado emergency down near norman, oklahoma and more with a big tornado on the ground and another one down near washington. that tornado has been on the ground for a while. it is going to be one long night, because it is certainly not over, and in fact, with the heat of the day just now being 6:00 central time, it is just getting going for places east of i-35 into tulsa and eventually, yes, that word joplin right there, as the weather just rakes across o
emergency services, the state of emergency management agencies and other nonprofits which might be able to offer residents long term help if they are displaced permanently and there s a tentative meeting set up for homeowners to discuss the history of the area and any information the city has obtained and the reason is because several residents are very concerned about the future of their homes, and their families, here in the bay area. reporting live, back to you. martha: thank you very much, tough situation. bill: sure is, another tough situation, the parents of a missing disney cruise worker meeting with investigators trying to figure out what happened to their daughter, the 24-year-old last seen on tuesday and the ship disney wonder was off the coast of mexico and they alerted the coast guard after failing to find her on board. i don t know. don t know what happened to