• Country Music Superstars Plan Benefits For Oklahoma Tornado Victims

  LOS ANGELES - Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's tornadoes by performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" with wife ...

• Oklahoma tornadoes A cemetery cleanup to remember long past Memorial Day

  "EVERBODY IS A PART OF MOORE" -- When this city asked for help repairing its tornado-damaged cemetery, it unleashed days of pent-up desire to help and 1,000 volunteers grateful to make a ...

• Education board to consider waivers for Moore

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma State Board of Education is expected to consider waivers for public schools in the tornado-ravaged community of ...

• Time reporter talks about article on Okla. tornadoes

  The Oklahoma tornadoes have made national news and now thestorms are on the cover of Time. Linda Cavanaugh talked to Time reporter Zeke Miller who wrote the ...

• Canine companions help in healing after tornadoes

  MOORE, Okla. – Residents across Oklahoma are recovering in hospitals after the storms earlier this week. Doctors and medicine are helping in the healing along with a little ';four-legged'; penicillin. Therapy dogs are bringing the first smiles to these faces since the ...

• Father and son survive Moore tornado arm in arm

  MOORE, Okla. – A father and son said they survived the Moore tornado because they were together. The pair said they rode out the storm in their bathroom, huddled together, arm in arm. They said that is the only reason they are here ...

• First look at Plaza Towers after Moore tornado

  MOORE, Okla. – For the first time since the terrible storms, we were allowed to survey the damage at Plaza Towers elementary. Edmond police showed us the first look at this terrible scene. Ali Meyer toured the unrecognizable area where the tornado took seven children from their families ...

• Tornado-hit Oklahoma tops in disaster declarations ninth in disaster grants

  major federal disasters (44) since 1991 than anywhere else - and not just tornados. Powerful rains, snow and ice have also wrought destruction. But in recent years, Oklahoma ranks behind eight other states in the amount federal money promised to help clean up debris and patch public infrastructure. (See chart) Stateline analyzed the Federal Emergency Management Agency's database of ...

• Oklahoma tornadoes Understanding the EF scale

  Oklahoma City Thunder tour Moore tornado damage View pictures from Thunder team members touring the damage from 11 ...

• Okla. men get video of deadly tornado overhead

  MOORE, Okla. -; Two 19-year-old Oklahoma men who took cover in a cellar during a deadly tornado were able to use their cellphones to get video of the twister as it passed over the ...

• Survivor 9 From Briarwood Elementary Happy To Go Home

  MOORE, Oklahoma - A 9-year-old girl was separated from her parents after the storm blew thru Briarwood Elementary. News 9 asked viewers to help Kaylee Hawkins find her parents and thankfully she was eventually reunited with her family. The parents of Kaylee Hawkins tried for five hours to find their daughter who was injured at Briarwood Elementary. The parents say their fourth grader ...

• Moore Woman Goes Into Labor During Tornado

  MOORE, Oklahoma - The stories we continue to hear are amazing. And News 9's Karl Torp spoke with a woman who actually in labor right before the storm hit. Shayla Taylor was in the middle of labor on the second floor of Moore medical when the tornado hit, but baby wasn't on her brain. Her family, including her husband were sent downstairs to the cafeteria, but Shayla was too ...

• Oklahoma emergency operations center to close

  Live updates ODEM spokeswoman Keli Cain says the center will close at midnight Wednesday. The center opened to help coordinate the state and federal response after the tornado hit Moore Monday afternoon and killed 24 people - including 10 children. Seven of the children were pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore. Officials say more than 300 people were injured and ...

• Police Edmond Walmart cleared after bomb threat

  17min Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple homicide outside Boston along with a Chechen killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, ...

• Local Red Cross effort raises $50000 for Oklahoma tornado survivors

  A fundraiser organized by the Bluegrass Chapter of the American Red Cross and promoted through several local media companies had raised about $50,000 Wednesday night for survivors of the Oklahoma tornado. There were still hours left to go in the telethon, which was scheduled to end at midnight, said Winn Stephens, director of development for the Bluegrass Red Cross.The fundraiser began at noon ...

• After tornado local woman still hasnt heard from Oklahoma sister

  LEBANON, Ore. -- Two days have passed and Eva Mosley-Schneider still has not heard from her sister, whose home was in the direct path of ...

• Obama to visit tornado-hit area in Oklahoma

  U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to the tornado-devastated area in the state of Oklahoma on Sunday and visit victims and communities there, the White House said on ...

• Oklahoma Tornado Focus Shifts To Rebuilding

  After three days of combing through the wreckage of their storm-shattered community, officials in Moore, Oklahoma, say all residents have been accounted for. That news comes as the town starts to look toward the monumental task of rebuilding after a monster tornado with ferocious winds of at least 200mph carved a 17-mile path of destruction through neighbourhoods and schools, damaging up to ...

• Condolences from Russian president to Oklahomans

  A statement for the White House Security Council says President Vladimir Putin offered condolences and unspecified assistance after Russia's Security Council Secretary met Wednesday with President Barack ...

• 3rd grader who loved to sing among the Oklahoma tornado victims

  This undated photo provided by Marvin Dixon shows his grandson Kyle Davis. Davis was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Texas on May 20, 2013. Nicknamed 'The Wall,' 8-year-old Davis loved soccer and going to the Monster Truck exhibitions at the fairgrounds with his grandfather (AP Photo/Marvin ...

• Oklahoma tornadoes President Barack Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday

  WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will travel to Oklahoma City on Sunday to talk to victims of this week's deadly storms and thank the people who worked on rescue and recovery ...

• Oklahoma tornadoes Most bodies of tornado victims released to families

  Downed cellphone towers led to communication problems, resulting in a wrong number of dead reported after Monday's storm in Moore and south Oklahoma ...

• Rickie Fowler planning $100K donation to Oklahoma relief

  FORT WORTH, Texas - Rickie Fowler is encouraging fans attending the Colonial to contribute to relief efforts after the deadly tornado this week in Oklahoma.And Fowler is going to do his part for the state where he spent two years playing college golf at Oklahoma State.Fowler said Wednesday he will match the first $100,000 given by Colonial fans with a donation of his own.While he doesn't ...

• How to survive an EF-5 tornado

  Meteorologist Emily Sutton talks to builders after Oklahoma’s recent tornadoes. The builders give insight on how homes should be constructed and how to make them withstand higher winds. Sutton discusses the safest places to take shelter and where you need to be to survive an EF-5 ...

• Volunteers clean Moore cemetery damaged in tornado

  MOORE, Okla. – In the path of that tornado sat a cemetery right next to the Plaza Towers neighborhood. The Moore Cemetery took a direct hit from Monday’s twister. Wednesday a group of volunteers cleaned the debris out of the cemetery. They were told some storm victims could be laid to rest in the cemetery after it’s cleaned. ';We’re cleaning the cemetery so ...

• Man chooses right room survives tornado

  MOORE, Okla. – A Moore man said he had two places he could take shelter when the Moore tornado roared through, the bathrooms in his house. He said he had a 50/50 chance of coming out alive. The man made a split-second decision and it saved his life. He survived in one bathroom, the other bathroom was blown ...

• Friends of Moore tornado victim gather to raise funds for family

  OKLAHOMA CITY – Friends and family who lost their little girl in the Moore tornado gathered in Oklahoma City Wednesday afternoon to remember her and raise funds for recovery. Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was killed in Plaza Towers elementary during the EF-5 tornado that tore through Moore Monday. Her parents lost their home in the same storm. Sydney’s softball teammates are ...

• Oklahoma family narrowly escaped death during tornado

  CBS News Jamie was all alone in her house with her two-year-old son, and the tornado was bearing down. "I was terrified, but I didn't want him to be scared," she said. "I just thought, 'I'll hold onto him.'" What Jamie didn't know was that her husband, Matt, was racing home. "I just wanted to get home, you know?" he said. "I ...

• Parents ask why Oklahoma schools dont have tornado shelters

  (CBS News) MOORE, Okla. - The mayor of Oklahoma City said Wednesday as many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in Monday's tornado, and 33,000 people have been affected. The mayor says the damage could total $2 billion. The state medical examiner said there were 24 deaths. Two were infants: four months old and seven months ...

• Oklahoma tornadoes Battle-hardened National Guardsmen working different kind of mission in Moore

  Oklahoma National Guard soldiers are securing neighborhoods destroyed in Monday's massive tornado that rolled through parts of Oklahoma City and ...

• Oklahoma City Thunder visits affected Moore southwest Oklahoma City areas

  Thunder Coach Scott Brooks, General Manager Sam Presti and players Russell Westbrook, Daniel Orton, Hasheem Thabeet and Thabo Sefolosha visited with tornado victims and first responders Wednesday morning in Moore and southwest Oklahoma ...

• Moore Daycare Workers Recount Covering Children During Powerful Twister

  Daycare owner Abby Larsen and Heather Walker described piling into a tiny bathroom together with their arms crossed over the children, to keep them from being taken by the ...

• When Purchasing Safe Rooms Its Imperative They Are Certified Experts Say

  BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma - The mayor of Moore wants to see safe-room shelters built in all new homes. He'll put that before the Moore City Council soon. Some are suggesting above-ground shelters won't withstand storms like Monday's. There is no guarantee that a safe room will protect you, but experts said the key to increasing your chance of survival is to make sure your safe ...

• Oklahoma medical examiner identifies tornado victims including ten children

  A resident who did not want to give his name, searches through the rubble of his mobile home in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, destroyed by Sunday's tornado, near Shawnee, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. The tornado that slammed into Oklahoma on Sunday is now blamed for two deaths. Authorities say two men in their 70s have been found dead in or near a mobile home park outside of ...

• Local funds raised for Oklahoma tornado relief

  More than $2,000 has been donated locally to the American Red Cross to help with disaster relief in Oklahoma following Monday’s tornado, according to Etowah-Cherokee chapter Director Joy ...

• Oklahoma Senate Votes To Defund Planned Parenthood Two Days After Tornado

  In the wake of one of the most destructive tornadoes in history, Oklahoma state senators passed a bill on Wednesday that would effectively defund Planned ...

• Oklahomas FEMA Grants Rank Ninth Highest In Country

  Public Assistance Funded Projects ," which stretches back to August 1998. The program helps state and local governments pick up the pieces after disasters, including fixing roads, bridges, electric lines, water systems and other public structures. The federal grants cover up to 75 percent of the cost of such projects. The program has pledged close to $807 million to Oklahoma during the ...

• Oklahoma tornado Names of dead released missing individuals located

  The state medical examiner released the names of the 24 people killed Monday's tornado in Moore and south Oklahoma City as memorials for the victims were ...

• Driver of boat in fatal Oklahoma crash had alcohol drugs in system report states

  John Deselms, of Tulsa, was arrested on a complaint of operating a vessel under the influence and was released on a medical bond, the report ...

• Filling backpacks to give back

  OKLAHOMA CITY – We couldn’t believe our eyes. School children, one after another, being pulled out of the rubble. Wednesday, students and parents from schools not directly impacted by the tornado spent the day at St. Andrew’s Church filling backpacks for kids who lost all their belongings in the tornado. Parents are using the tragedy to teach their kids an invaluable less, ...

• Woman returns pictures to tornado victims

  MOORE, Okla. – As cleanup crews start clearing debris from the hardest hit areas of Moore, many people from all over the area are finding pictures scattered and damaged by the storm. Melisa Rose is one of them. She lived through the May 3, 1999 tornado as well as the one on May 8, 2003. ';You have no words for it, she said ';You just sit and watch and hope that it’s not ...

• Oklahoma Commissioner 4K Home Auto Claims from Twisters So Far

  More than 4,000 home and auto claims have been filed as a result of the recent spate of tornadoes in Oklahoma. That number is expected to rise, according to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak. Doak said the Oklahoma Insurance Department has opened a Consumer Assistance Command Center to assist tornado victims, located at 301 NE 27th St., Moore, Okla. "Our goal is to assist ...

• Oklahoma tornado bill could top $2bn

  THE tornado that killed 24 people in Moore, Oklahoma, could have done more than $US2 billion ($A2.07 billion) worth of damage, officials say. State Insurance Commissioner John Doak announced that figure on Wednesday morning, adding that losses from the wreckage could equal the amount caused by the twister that struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, leaving 161 dead. A spokesperson from Doak's ...

• Basements Not An Option For Many Homes In Oklahoma

  Why Oklahomans Don't Like Basements Melissa Block talks to NPR Two-Way blogger Scott Neuman about why basements in Oklahoma are so ...

• GRDA Driver In Deadly Grand Lake Boat Crash Was Under the Influence

  TULSA, Oklahoma - The man who was driving a speed boat that crashed into an unoccupied, docked houseboat on Grand Lake last week had been drinking before the crash, according to the Grand River Dam Authority Police. The crash on May 14, 2013 killed Rachel Swetnam and Trey Varner. Six other people on board the board ...

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