A series of vicious tornadoes in the Midwest have left at least 44 people dead and hundreds more injured in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. Officials estimate that damage from the twisters could aproach a billion dollars. Picking up the pieces .
Officials talk about the tornadoes in Oklahoma.
A look at the violent weather of 1998 . Jarrell, Texas is hammered by a tornado, killing 27. The National Weather Service Officials and residents in the tornado-ravaged Plains began to survey the damage Wednesday where a series of twisters left thousands of homes flattened. According to the National Weather Service, the multiple tornadoes developed out of a line of major storms. Up to 45 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, where 38 people died on Monday.