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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) [DVD]

The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) [DVD]

The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse dor) was the first film Jean Renoir made after returning from a more than decade-long stint in Hollywood after the disastrous reception of The Rules of the Game (1939), which is now considered his masterpiece. While some critics have ... ...

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  • Oklahoma tornado toll lowered to 24 from 91

    As rescuers searched for survivors of Monday's devastating tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs, authorities revised the death toll down to 24 from 91. Nine of the fatalities are children. The Monday afternoon storm carved a trail through the area as much as two miles wide and 17 miles long, CNN reported citing officials. Hardest hit was Moore, Oklahoma - a ...

  • Local church heading to help Oklahoma tornado victims

    Jefferson County church is collecting items and donations to help victims of the devastating tornado that struck in Oklahoma on Monday. Starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, the River Christian Fellowship Church along Route 7 has been collecting items to help victims.The plan didn't come together until late Monday night, but the pastor and his wife decided that they're going to take a 26 ...

  • Massive tornadoes that hit Oklahoma Texas blamed on stubborn jet stream

    View results The same weather phenomenon that brought unusually cold temperatures to the East Coast this spring is being blamed for the massive and devastating tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma this week: A jet stream that refused to leave.Weather forecasters tracked this year’s jet stream - the pattern of high-altitude winds - as moving farther south, and staying farther south, for a ...

  • Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano To Visit Moore

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will be in Moore Tuesday to meet with Governor Mary Fallin and state and local officials. In a news release, the secretary stated she wants to "ensure first responders are receiving the assistance they need in on-going response and recovery efforts to the severe weather that impacted the region." Meanwhile, the head ...

  • Moore area shelters help 300 with relief

    Philip Gotcher and his daughter Monica stand in the rubble of his house after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma.Copyright Getty ...

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