Millions on alert for tornadoes

that tornado outbreak in the Heartland dozens of Twisters reported in the Omaha Nebraska area and millions of Americans are under another severe weather threat today from Texas to the Great Lakes ABC's Melissa Adon is in elorn Nebraska with the latest Melissa good morning wa what an incredibly destructive evening we're talking about so many families across the Heartland on edge this year in elorn this is west of Omaha we just have a row of homes totally destroyed taken out by that power full tornado we're now seeing so many families that are left without a home search and rescue crews Going Home by home tagging them to make sure that they making sure everyone there was accounted for in front of this home we see here this marking they had to Mark the driveway because what's left behind us totally here destroyed this as so many families are now picking up the pieces to see what will happen next overnight tornadoes teing through the Heartland this is a strong one too that is not good more than two dozen reported in Nebraska alone this neighborhood in Elkhorn flattened homes shredded a drone video capturing the damage roofs ripped off homes I was crying like a baby cuz it was just the scariest feeling in the world you had is helpless residents now picking up the pieces of what's left and search and rescue efforts still underway at least two people injured in the town according to local officials we've been very fortunate with very few injuries it seems like our Warning Systems in the city of Omaha have been very effective about 70 people trapped inside this manufacturing business in Lancaster County after a tornado slammed into it injuring three people and in the state capital of Lincoln this tornado swirling near an event center sending debris flying lots of debris in the air nearby a powerful twister Crossing Interstate 80 semi over turned up here stormchasers racing to check on the driver of an overturned tractor trailer he's okay he okay dude we we're not get twins Are we more than 78 reported tornadoes and Counting this dangerous outbreak is far from over with in front of this home we're seeing photos of families their precious momentos pieces of their homes just sprawled all across this neighborhood this is just one family experiencing this sort of damage but with the threat is not over yet several states are yet again facing more severe threat for possible tornadoes throughout the day that's something that we will be monitoring meantime the governor of Nebraska making sure they're ordering State resources for all of these local communities that are dealing with this damage

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Length: 2min 49sec (169 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 27 2024