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  • Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...

  • Dozens killed as tornado hits Oklahoma Dozens killed as tornado hits Oklahoma

    WASHINGTON - A massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma city and its suburbs in the United States killing at least 24 people, including nine children, besides leaving scores homeless. As winds at over 320 kilometers per hour (kmph) flattened homes and businesses and severely damaged a hospital and two elementary school, the death toll was earlier said to be more than 90 but it was ...

  • Nikki Sixx lashes out at Kim K for promoting make-up line during Okla. tornado

    Nikki Sixx has slammed Kim Kardashian on Twitter for promoting her new make-up collection on Monday in the aftermath of the disastrous tornado that destroyed a suburb near Oklahoma City. After the 'Motley Crue' bassist tweeted about the Red Cross relief for the ruined town, the reality TV star soon followed with her plug on her own makeup line on the website, the New York Post reported. "Love ...

  • Experts say Oklahoma tornados power dwarfed Hiroshima bomb

    The amount of energy the killer tornado that hit US state of Oklahoma had dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind speed and breadth and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 200 and 210 mph. According to the New York Post, several meteorologists used real ...

  • Tornado spanned length of 22 soccer fields

    Residents of suburban Oklahoma were returning home as rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead after a mammoth tornado - said to be as wide as 22 football fields - flattened countless homes and claimed 24 lives, including nine children. Even as officials revised the death toll down from the earlier 51, the National Weather Service gave Monday's tornado that hit ...

Movie Review

One False Move

The first ten minutes of "One False Move" feel like any other violent crime film, even bordering on entering the straight-to-video realm, which is ironic because the rest of the film is so sharp and original. In the opening segment, three criminals, Roy (Billy Bob Thornton), Pluto (Michael Beach), and Roy's girlfriend Fantasia (Cynda Williams) disrupt a birthday party by stabbing, shooting or suff ... ...

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  • Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley

    Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...

  • Foreign Students in Oklahoma Confront Tornado Threat

    WASHINGTON -- For many Americans in the nation’s center, tornadoes are a frightening fact of life. But for foreign students, usually from countries where tornadoes never occur, twisters can be an even scarier experience. Such was the case this past Monday when a tornado devastated the U.S. town of Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people and leaving thousands homeless. "It was ...

  • Video Up to 13K homes hit by Oklahoma tornado mayor says

    Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured the community ...

  • ‘A hot meal can make people cry’ BBQ volunteers comfort Oklahoma victims

    Volunteers from Operation BBQ Relief serve hot food to people dealing with the tornado aftermath in Moore, Okla. The cooks flipping meat on grills or sweating behind smokers at barbecue competitions are all about seasoning, basting, charring -- and being the best. This week, though, these maestros of meat are putting their competitive nature aside to bring comfort to Oklahoma with classic ...

  • Moore theatre to shift back to entertainment next week

    Watch live coverage Bill Warren owner of the Warren Theatre multiplex said Wednesday that the building sustained between $500,000 and $1 million in damage. Warren says most of the damage was to the exterior, though there was some water damage inside. He says architects and structural engineers have inspected the facility and found it to be sound. Between 150 and 200 people were inside the ...

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