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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Power of Moore OK tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

    Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled ...

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The Battle for Terra

The Battle for Terra

What if there was a battle to save the human race and no one showed up? That is basically what happened with the computer-animated sci-fi fable The Battle for Terra, which opened in theaters last weekend beneath the shadow of the franchise juggernaut X-Men Origins: ... ...

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  • Oklahoma folks take refuge in Zhangs roomy walk-in freezer

    International News: MOORE, Oklahoma: On Monday, Anita Zhang got the chance to test their idea -- and to live to tell the tale -- when one of the most powerful and destructive twisters to hit the United States in recent years ripped through this Oklahoma City ...

  • Oklahoma rescuers wind down search for survivors

    Danielle Stephan holds boyfriend Thomas Layton as they pause between salvaging through the remains of a family member's home in Moore, Oklahoma, on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. Photograph: Adrees ...

  • Oklahoma begins daunting recovery - CNN

    An aerial view of the destruction caused by the massive tornado that struck areas south of Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, shows the magnitude of damage left in its path. The storm's winds topped 200 mph as ...

  • Barack Obama Oklahoma tornado leaves enormous grief – video

    The US president vows to support the people of Oklahoma after a tornado killed 91 people in the city of Moore. Barack Obama says those who need to rebuild homes and lives following the storm 'will not have to travel that path alone'. The president has pledged federal aid to supplement local and national funds to support Oklahoma's recovery ...

  • Oklahoma tornado victims mull next moves

    MOORE, Okla. With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house of 40 years. It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. Part of the roof was sitting in the front yard, and the siding from the front of the house was gone. As her son, ...

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