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When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only ...
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After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery -- for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their neighborhood. Should ...
Thunderstorms slow cleanup in Oklahoma town hit by tornado as first of victims laid to rest

Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search for salvagable stuffs at their devastated home on May 23, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma. Severe thunderstorms barreled through this Oklahoma City suburb at dawn Thursday, complicating clean-up efforts three days after a powerful tornado killed 24 people and destroyed 2,400 homes. More rain was forecast to fall on Moore, soaking the ...
Girl survives tornado taking shelter in Plaza Towers

MOORE, Okla. – A family is back together again after the Moore tornado Monday. This little girl survived the Moore tornado while taking shelter in Plaza Towers ...
Neighbor calling vet a hero for helping save their lives

MOORE, Okla. – A veteran’s neighbors are calling him a hero but he said he doesn’t agree. He fit over 20 people and pets into a storm shelter built to facilitate no more than 12. The neighbors whose lives were spared say he is their savior but the veteran said he can’t save lives, God ...

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More than 12000 homes affected in Oklahoma tornado officials

The deadly tornado that blasted the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City, capital of the US state of Oklahoma, has affected more than 12,000 homes, officials said Thursday.The estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed by Monday's tornado is based in part on an analysis of before-and-after aerial photos, ABC news quoted officials in Oklahoma City as reporting.The city's police ...
Sears Corporation Offers $20 To Residents Affected By Oklahoma Tornadoes

In the wake of the recent tornadoes in your area, I want to extend a hand during this difficult time on behalf of Sears Holdings Corporation. We have added $20 in free points (20,000 points) to your Shop Your Way Rewards account. Please use them toward whatever supplies you need from Sears or Kmart through 5/29/2013. It's a small gesture to help our Shop Your Way Rewards members. Thank ...
VIDEO Family emerges from storm shelter to find homes demolished

MOORE, Okla. – The world a family know when they went into their storm shelter was gone when they emerged. The family came out of the shelter are the twister passed to find the area they once knew was destroyed, ...
Briarwood students gather after Moore tornado

MOORE, Okla. – Thursday students from Briarwood Elementary had a chance to meet and say goodbye to their teachers. They met at Wayland Bonds Elementary. Briarwood third graderBrianna Roper said, ';I’m actually pretty happy; it will be good for me.'; It was exciting, yet somber day for students. Gerald Carney recently retired from Briarwood. He was a crossing guard so he ...
Moore tornado claims family’s home again

MOORE, Okla. – This family is all too familiar with tornadoes. Their house was destroyed in the May 3 tornado in 1999. Now the family is picking up the pieces a second time; the most recent Moore tornado claimed their home ...

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Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 bn

The tornado that killed 24 people and injured more than 200 others in Moore, Oklahoma, could have done more than $2 billion worth of damage, officials said Wednesday.

State Insurance Commissioner John Doak announced that figure Wednesday in a statement to the press, adding that losses from the wreckage could equal the amount caused by the twister that struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, leaving 161 dead.

Nonetheless, a spokesperson from Doak's office told EFE that these are still very preliminary estimates and are based solely on a visual evaluation of the devastated area.

Mick Cornett, mayor of Oklahoma City, a scant 20 km from Moore, estimated the losses between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, and the number of citizens affected at 36,000.

The National Weather Service classified the tornado as an EF5 - the most powerful - with winds of at least 320 kph (200 mph).

More than 13,000 homes were damaged by the tornado.

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured Moore Wednesday and promised government aid to speed up the work of reconstruction.

The White House announced that President Barack Obama will visit Moore next Sunday to inspect "at first hand" the damage caused by the tornado.

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