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good evening. something terrifying took the south by surprise last night. no warning, 25 tornadoes striking in less than 24 hours. roaring through four states in the darkness. and this was the scene today in alabama, arkansas, mississippi and tennessee. where entire neighborhoods were wiped out as families slept. at least two are dead. 100 injured. and we know tornados peak in may or june, so no one could believe this is happening now in winter. abc s steve osunsami in alabama reports on the freakish, frightening new weather pattern. steve. reporter: good evening, diane. it feels like we ve been here before and we have. the tornado that hit here last night destroyed some of the same homes that were hit the last go-around. families who lived here were lucky to get out alive. it was so terribly frightening in the middle of the night, the sound of sirens sent families across alabama out of their beds. and then came the sounds of the tornado, with wind speeds clocked ....
something terrifying took the south by surprise last night. no warning, 25 tornadoes striking in less than 24 hours. roaring through four states in the darkness. and this was the scene today in alabama, arkansas, mississippi and tennessee. where entire neighborhoods were wiped out as families slept. at least two are dead. 100 injured. and we know tornados peak in may or june, so no one could believe this is happening now in winter. abc s steve osunsami in alabama reports on the freakish, frightening new weather pattern. steve. reporter: good evening, diane. it feels like we ve been here before and we have. the tornado that hit here last night destroyed some of the same homes that were hit the last go-around. families who lived here were lucky to get out alive. it was so terribly frightening in the middle of the night, families across alabama startled awake by sirens and then, the sound of the tornado wind speeds at 150 miles an hour faster than a high- peed tr ....
south by surprise last night. no warning, 25 tornadoes striking in less than 24 hours. roaring through four states in the darkness. and this was the scene today in alabama, arkansas, mississippi and tennessee. where entire neighborhoods were wiped out as families slept. at least two are dead. 100 injured. and we know tornados peak in may or june, so no one could believe this is happening now in winter. abc s steve osunsami in alabama reports on the freakish, frightening new weather pattern. steve. reporter: good evening, diane. it feels like we ve been here before and we have. the tornado that hit here last night destroyed some of the same homes that were hit the last go-around. families who lived here were lucky to get out alive. it was so terribly frightening in the middle of the night, families across alabama startled awake by sirens and then, the sound of the tornado wind speeds at 150 miles an hour faster than a high- peed train. there it is. reporter ....
good evening. maybe it was a lack of rest or maybe they didn t like the overnight reviews, but barely 12 hours after exchanging mostly mild jabs on a new hampshire debate stage last night, the gop candidates were back at it this morning. this time swinging haymakers at the nbc news/facebook debate. some of the heaviest blows aimed at mitt romney, still the comfortable front-runner but slipping in the latest new hampshire tracking poll, which also finds significant volatility within the rest of the pack. with less than two days to go, the candidates came out today ready to fight for every vote. our political team is in place. we begin with nbc s peter alexander at a romney rally in exeter, new hampshire. peter, good evening. reporter: lester, good evening to you. now we re hearing from mitt romney s wife, ann romney. there have been several interruptions from occupy protesters here tonight. the new hampshire voters are ruggedly independent, famous for primary surprises ....
leaving in its wake more than 130 dead and more than 1,000 injured. the most vicious strike was without question here in joplin, missouri where today many were able to get back into their battered communities for the first time, searching for anything the storm may have left behind, though most still can t shake the haunting memory of how this all happened. the sound i ll never, ever get that sound out of my head. tammy beerly and her husband were trapped in their car when the tornado hit. he stopped because we knew we were done for. he held me and started started dreaming and we just held each other because we knew it was over. we were gone. we should not be alive. reporter: she is thankful, though still in shock, unsure of how or where to start picking up the pieces. it s just it s all gone. it s just all gone. and you don t know where to start. where do you start? it is an overwhelming struggle to survive, now faced by thousands of families in the w ....