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we had to bail out because it was coming right at us. that debris, it s 500 or 600 feet up in the air and it s going. looks like it s roping out a little bit. over 149th street and maybe the east side of air depot road. there it is. it s going. i don t know how to explain it, how to describe it. this is this is terrible. this is war zone terrible. that was the news as it unfolded yesterday. and today we re learning just how powerful the monster tornado was. the national weather service says it reached the ef-5 level. the highest category for tornadoes. it was on the ground for about 17 miles. with a path up to 1.3 miles wide. winds were around 200 miles per hour. 24 people have been killed. but moore, oklahoma, has faced
you will not travel that path alone. your country will travel with you. fueled by our faith in the almighty and our faith in one another. so our prayers are with the people of oklahoma today, and we will back up those prayers with deeds for as long as it takes. new nasa video taken from space shows the massive tornado system as it spawned on monday. the national weather service now says it was the most powerful level of tornado, an ef-5. with winds more than 200 miles per hour. as the storm cut a 17-mile path through oklahoma. joining me now live from moore, oklahoma, is the weather channel s mike bettes. mike, good evening and thank you for being on. yeah, rev, good evening to you. just imagine some of the horror
we heard overnight, 101 people rescued. the influx of people not just who were volunteering but were expert in rescue came into this community and really made all the difference. and then those stories of heroism that you were talking about, we just talked to the superintendent of schools here in oklahoma. and she called teachers her angels in those two schools where where he heard about the teachers who were guarding their students. and truly saving their lives. so so many stories of heroism. and as horrible as it is here, as bad as the devastation is, a lot of people are saying the fact that so many people acted so heroically definitely saved lives, rev. let me ask about the survivors. what are they doing tonight, the survivors whose homes have been destroyed? reporter: well, a lot of them are out here, actually. it was pretty m miserable durine day. rain was coming down heart. it was cold. more people are coming out. they re sifting through the