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Oklahoma City faces second deadly tornado in 13 years
A devastating tornado in the Oklahoma City suburbs in southcentral US, that has killed at least 51 people, including seven children at an elementary school, was second only to one in May 1999 in its fury. The twister 13 years ago, rated a maximum EF5 on the Fujita Tornado Scale, killed 36 people and smashed some of the same communities, according to CNN. On May 3, 1999, a total of 74 tornadoes ...
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10 killed as powerful tornado slams Oklahoma City
At least 10 people were killed as a powerful two-mile-wide tornado slammed Oklahoma City in South Central US ripping roofs off buildings, levelling homes, and cutting a wide path of destruction. Besides the 10 dead, at least 20 more, including eight children, were injured. Injuries ranged from minor to critical. More than 32,000 electricity customers in Oklahoma lost power, according to latest ...
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Massive tornado jolts Oklahoma City in US
A gigantic tornado Monday ripped through a suburb of Oklahoma City in the US , destroying a school, sparking fires and flattening homes across whole neighbourhoods. The twister struck about 4.00 p.m. (local time) Monday in Moore city, a suburb of about 55,000 people just south of Oklahoma City in the Oklahoma state. Rescuers were searching for survivors as scores of primary school children ...
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Massive Tornado Hits Oklahoma Again
A huge tornado with 320 kilometers-per-hour winds has torn through the central U.S. state of Oklahoma, destroying homes for the second day in a row ...
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In pictures Oklahoma turnado
A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes and at least two schools and leaving at least 51 people dead, local officials told US ...
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Okla. mayor says city already at work on recovery
MOORE, Okla. -; Glenn Lewis was the mayor of Moore, Okla., when the strongest tornado on record whipped the city in 1999, and he says the most recent storm won't deter the community from ...
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51 killed in Okla. tornado toll expected to rise
MOORE, Okla. -; The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says the official death toll in the aftermath of a massive tornado that slammed the Oklahoma City area remains at 51 but is expected to ...
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Kids trapped as tornado rips through Oklahoma City
A powerful tornado with winds over 300 kilometres per hour has pulverised an Oklahoma City suburb, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of ...
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Gov. Fallin Federal Assistance Granted For Oklahomans Devastated By Tornadoes
The announcement comes in the wake of three days of tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding, which killed more than 50 people and injured more than ...
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Okla. Medical examiner expecting more bodies
The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...
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Dodgers star $1000 for every HR for OKC
Matt Kemp #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts to his fly out during the sixth inning against the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium on May 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.Copyright Getty ...
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Obama declares major disaster in Okla.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and flattening entire ...
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Oklahoma tornado tears through school
Two girls stand in the rubble of their home after the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. A three-kilometre-wide twister tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes and trapping two dozen school children beneath ...
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Oklahoma tornado aftermath and rescue
roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday , flattening entire neighbourhoods, destroying an elementary school and killing dozens. Follow the CBC live blog as Oklahoma officials and rescue workers work to help survivors while assessing the damage and death ...
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Update Residents where storms caused damage allowed back into neighborhoods
Residents will be allowed in to Oklahoma City neighborhoods where storm damaged occurred if they have proper identification, Capt. Dexter Nelson ...
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Oklahoma Tornado 2013 Devastates Moore Kills Dozens
MOORE, Okla., May 20 (Reuters) - A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. Twenty of the 51 confirmed deaths were children, the Oklahoma medical examiner said, and at least 45 of the 230 people ...
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Oklahoma tornado survivors speak
03/03/2013 08:56 CET Disaster is always difficult to take in, but the Oklahoma tornado is all the harder because it was so sudden. The US National Weather Service had classed the twister with a preliminary ranking of EF4, putting it in the second most powerful category of storm. Survivor Ricky Stove: ';We thought we died because we were inside the cellar door, we locked the cellar door ...
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Monstrous Oklahoma tornado kills at least 91
Disaster workers toiled in hail, lightning and rain early Tuesday in Moore, Okla., hoping to find survivors of a giant tornado that killed at least 91 people. Hundreds of crews, including National Guardsmen, Red Cross workers and city and county employees, worked feverishly under stadium lights through the night, cutting through fallen beams and clearing debris. Three thunderstorms pummeled ...
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Oklahoma City tornado Rescuers work in dark at destroyed school
Darkness fell on an Oklahoma City suburb gripped by a frantic search for pupils, teachers and staff in an elementary school flattened by a tornado. Parents raced to Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore, where 75 third-graders were believed to have been huddled when the tornado struck. Rescuers were seen pulling several children from the rubble and passing them down a human chain to a triage center ...
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Video Huge tornado kills dozens near Oklahoma City
Dozens of people are dead after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City on Monday. Rescue crews are searching through the night for survivors and victims in an elementary school that the tornado ...
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Monster Tornado Kills at least 91 in Oklahoma US
At least ninety one people, including twenty children, have died after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs. Worst hit was Moore, a suburb of about 55 000 people, south of the city, where entire neighborhoods were flattened and schools destroyed by winds of up to 200mph (320km/h), according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The tornado remained on the ground for about 45 ...
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Tornado Ravages Oklahoma City Suburb
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The images we're seeing so far are horrifying: A powerful tornado has swept through Moore, Oklahoma, south of Oklahoma City, ...
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Massive Tornado Kills At Least 51 In Moore Hits Elementary School
A massive tornado that ripped across Moore Monday afternoon has killed at least 51 people. The twister wiped out neighborhoods, destroyed two schools and left dozens ...
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Swon Brothers talk storms on The Voice
LOS ANGELES - Muskogee's favorite sons took time out on The Voice Monday night to remember those affected by the massive tornado that ripped through Oklahoma. Following their live top 10 performance, host Carson Daly asked The Swon Brothers about the tragedy back home. "Yeah, family's ok as far as we know. We just want to let everyone know at home that we're praying for you ...
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Tornado leaves a trail of destruction in Oklahoma killing 91 people
Science News: MOORE, Okla. An image provided by the television station KFOR-TV shows homes flattened outside Moore, Okla., on Monday. A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two ...
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Tulsa city hall due for make over
The moving of city hall in 2008 was contentious, but was framed as beneficial to the city. In 2010 this may be coming true as new development plans for the old building take shape, alongside wider plans to recreate the downtown experience.
It was first reported in 2007 that the city council would be moved to a new City Hall and that the old City Hall building would be sold. Tulsa news media were told the move would benefit the city economically as the new building would be cheaper to operate and maintain, while the sale of the old building would partially fund the purchase of the new one. Read more
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