At Least 10 Killed in Midwest Tornadoes
COOPER: Good evening again. In the Midwest, more than 100 tornadoes in 24 hours kill at least 10 people and leave dozens of communities in ruins.</s>ANNOUNCER: Killer tornadoes wreak havoc in the Midwest.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All of a sudden, I heard this freight train sound and the crashing. And I told the wife we need to head to the basement as soon as possible.</s>ANNOUNCER: More twister warnings tonight. While Texas fires continue to blaze across dangerously dry areas, when will the deadly weather end? From top adviser to the commander in chief to charges of felony theft at D.C. department stores. If convicted, what could have driven someone so successful to lead a secret life as a shoplifter? Tonight, 360 investigates. And a major breakthrough in the murder investigation of Imette St. Guillen.</s>RAY KELLY, NYC POLICE COMMISSIONER: Littlejohn is the prime suspect in this case.</s>ANNOUNCER: Tonight, potentially damaging evidence connects an ex-con to the murder scene.</s>ANNOUNCER: From across the U.S. and around the world, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360. Live from the CNN studios in New York, here's Anderson Cooper.</s>COOPER: We've got a lot to get to in the next hour. We begin, however, with the terror that only Mother Nature can bring. Tonight, reports of tornadoes in Alabama, and across the Midwest more tornadoes. And in the Texas panhandle, yesterday was the kind of infernal day where being in the wrong place at the wrong time could bring a fiery death. We have reports tonight from CNN's Rob Marciano, David Mattingly and Ed Lavandera on the damage already done and the dangers still ahead. We begin in the Midwest, where from Oklahoma and Kansas, clear into Indiana, a record number of tornadoes, as many as 113, swept across the region today. Those are the views in various locales. At least 10 people were killed, reducing homes and businesses to rubble and terrifying everyone in their path. Here's CNN's Rob Marciano.</s>ROB MARCIANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): For Lee Starks (ph) and many others in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, this weekend was anything but normal. In a month that typically sees 54 tornadoes, 113 were reported yesterday alone, like this one in Sedalia, Missouri. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com