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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Oklahoma tornado 91 feared dead from devastating twister

MOORE, OKLAHOMA CITY // At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a three-kilometre wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. Barack Obama, the US president, declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local ...
Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister

This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ...

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In tornados wake worried parents seek out kids

Children wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ...
Search Continues At Moore Elementary School Destroyed By Tornado

"The tornado went in and I was so afraid that I was hanging onto one of the desks and then I fell back and then all the dirt started getting in my eyes and on my clothes," said 7-year-old Isabella ...
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Moore, Oklahoma - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a three-kilometre-wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was ...
Foreign Ministry warns Bahrainis in Oklahoma of severe storms

Manama, May 21 (BNA) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises Bahrainis in Oklahoma USA, which has been exposed to a series of severe storms, to exercise caution and comply with the safety instructions issued by the local authorities. The Ministry said in cases of emergency, assistance may be obtained by calling the following numbers: The Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Washington: ...
Death toll in massive Oklahoma tornado could rise to more than 90

Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation’s midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported throughout the state.Victims and emergency responders might not get much of reprieve as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center was forecasting ...

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Powerful tornado kills at least 51 in U.S. state of Oklahoma

Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): A powerful tornado attacked on Monday afternoon the southern suburbs of the Oklahoma City, capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing at least 51 people and injuring at least 140 others, including about 70 children.

According to local media reports, the tornado came with strong winds up to 200 mph (about 320 kmph), leveling the entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. Local rescuers launched a rescue effort at the school, pulling children from heaps of debris and carrying them to a triage center.

Block after block lay in ruins in Moore, a community of 41,000 people south of the city. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood while cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.

Some 80 National Guard members have been deployed to assist with search-and-rescue operations in the tornado-stricken area.

It will take time to establish communications between rescuers and state officials as the storm was so massive, said Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, who also talked with U.S. President Barack Obama about the support from the federal government.

The tornado followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. It was the fourth tornado to hit Moore since 1998. A twister also struck in 2003. (Xinhua-ANI)