REPORTED TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND
MIDWEST, HERE’S MAGGIE
VESPA.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
DUDE.
>> YEAH, IT’S A BIG
TORNADO.
>> Reporter:
JAW-DROPPING VIDEO
PAINTING A FAMILIAR
PICTURE.
AN APPARENT MONSTER
TWISTER TEARING
THROUGH OKLAHOMA ON
THE GROUND FOR NEARLY
AN HOUR.
HAIL HAMMERING THE
TOWN OF DUKE
OVERNIGHT.
AS A STREAK OF
TORNADOES STRETCHES
ON.
IOWA’S GOVERNOR SAYING
THE PRESIDENT SPEEDED
UP AN EMERGENCY
DECLARATION RAVAGED BY
THE DEADLY EF-4
TORNADO.
>>> >> BASICALLY WE
START FROM SCRATCH.
>> Reporter: STORMS
SLAMMING THE STATE
AGAIN.
THIS CAR CATCHING FIRE
NEAR DES MOINES THIS
MORNING AFTER WINDS
RIPPED DOWN POWER
LINES.
HOURS LATER HEAVY
MACHINE PULLS A METAL
ROOF FROM A TREE AFTER
A REPORTED TORNADO HIT
WESTERN ILLINOIS.
AUTHORITIES SAY NO ONE
WAS HURT.
10-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL
CLEANED UP DEBRIS WITH
HIS BROTHER AFTER
SEEING THE TWISTER
FROM HIS SCHOOL BUS.
>> I SAW IT GETTING
READY TO COME TOUCH
THE GROUND.
>> HOW DID YOU FEEL
WHEN YOU SAW IT?
>> NERVOUS AND SCARED.
>> COULDN’T GET TO HIM
AND THAT’S THE WORST
FEELING EVER A PARENT
CAN EVER IMAGINE
HAVING.
>> Reporter: 2024 IS
THE THIRD MOST ACTIVE
YEAR ON RECORD WITH
900 REPORTED
TORNADOES.
MORE THAN A THIRD IN
MAY.
AND HEADING INTO THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND TENS
OF MILLIONS MORE FIND