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'Utter Devastation' After Tornado Tears Through Missouri

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    Joplin takes direct hit from deadly twister

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Joplin Missouri takes a direct hit from the tornado which hit before Sunday sunset 6 PM central times there's triage in the streets utter devastation.

Survivors and city officials are struggling to communicate without power and cell phone service they're all fearful of what the death toll may be.

People who lived through it say the storm took a direct path to the city of nearly 50000.

Just make shift.

They just tell how quick something can happen you know is one man and there's just barely -- them next good lord just.

For world -- -- upside down.

The National Guard has been searching for survivors throughout the night.

Initial reports that schools and -- hospital fire stations and a few megastores including a Wal-Mart directly in the storm's path.

Did you only got to go have -- credit there and I mean those -- and charges leveled up there.

Any assessment of just how strong this tornado was we'll have to wait until midday Monday.

Meteorologists say the storm is hard to read because it was a quote rain wraps tornado.

I really a lot of club called rain and then.

Nor easy and debris flying around there and it's just a really -- -- Missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency and President Obama has also expressed his condolences.

-- took the worst damage during a day of severe storms across the nation's midsection.

A tornado in Minneapolis killed at least one person.

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