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Stay out of the area so that rescue crews can reach all of the victims. we re hearing this repeated again and again, people want to return, they want to see what s left, in some cases like we re dealing with in missouri, may be trying to look for survivors but it s dangerous in the wake of severe weather like this to go back too soon. in the case of what s going on in joplin they re trying to clear the roads, get the heavy equipment in there so the search and rescue crews can get around a little more. they re just climbing hand over fist to get to the areas they think that s dangerous too. nails, glass, there s toxic fluids, and there s natural gas as well. so there s a lot of obstacles these guys have to go through and it s going to be several days of search and rescue. they know where some of the people are trapped so they re going one by one down their list, one of the officials said, down trying to clear the area so they can get the people out. right now, even as we spe ....
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 ....