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AP Photos Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado

The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath ...
Oklahoma tornado kills dozens including at least 20 kids

By Doyle Rice, William M. Welch, Donna Leinwand Leger and Michael Winter, USA TODAY A massive, mile-wide tornado with winds up to 200 mph killed at least 51 people Monday afternoon during 40 terrifying minutes of destruction across southern Oklahoma City and its suburbs. NBC News says the state medical examiner says at least 20 of the dead are children. The state medical examiner's ...
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photos Further tornadoes are still possible in the devastated town of Moore, according to a Kiwi meteorologist tracking the storm in Oklahoma City. Nelson-born Peter Lamb, a senior meteorologist at the University of Oklahoma, said the warning was issued half an hour before the tornado hit Moore, killing at least 51 and destroying buildings in its path. The funnel touched down 16 minutes after ...
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51 killed as powerful tornado slams Oklahoma City

At least 51 people, including seven children at an elementary school, were killed as a massive tornado slammed Oklahoma City in south central US leaving widespread destruction in its wake.

Emergency personnel were scouring the rubble at flattened Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, hours after the tornado struck Monday afternoon, a video from CNN affiliate KFOR showed.

As nightfall approached, determined searchers in hard hats dug in the debris for students possibly trapped, but officials cited by the news channel described the work as a recovery, not rescue, effort.

Footage from local television stations also showed a number of other levelled buildings and a funnel cloud stretching from the sky to the ground, kicking up debris.

The tornado was estimated to be at least 2 miles wide at one point as it moved through Moore, in the southern part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, KFOR reported.

Storm damage has been reported in Cleveland County, which includes Moore; McClain County, which includes Newcastle; and Oklahoma County, CNN reported citing Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management representative Terri Watkins.

"After the ear-shattering howl of the killer storm subsided, survivors emerged from shelters to see an apocalyptic vision -- the remnants of cars twisted and piled on each other to make what had been a parking lot look like a junk yard," according to a CNN report. ...