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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 ...
37 Killed as Massive Tornado Hits Oklahoma

A tornado with 320 kilometer-per-hour winds has killed at least 37 people and caused massive destruction in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma, destroying two schools and entire ...
More tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas expected as death toll hits 91

View results Tornados ripping across Oklahoma left 91 dead, including 20 children, and the death toll could rise yet again, weather forecasters say.The number of confirmed dead jumped early Tuesday morning from 51 to ...

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President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster

WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs ...
Oklahoma tornado survivors recount twister escape

left dozens of people dead, including at least 20 children. A woman with red scrapes on her face identified only as Elizabeth described to local television station KFOR-TV how she sped down a highway to try to get home to save her dog Ginger. Once there, she jumped into a bathtub with the dog and an armful of pillows as the tornado shattered her windows. The twister lifted everything up and ...
Intense rescue efforts as 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma

A triage area is set up next to the IMAX theatre for people injured by a tornado that struck in Moore, Oklahoma May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins ...
Devastating Tornado Cuts Path of Death in Oklahoma

A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) 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 Sue ...
Oklahoma Tornado Rips City Leaving At Least 91 Dead Christian Relief Groups Move In

People walk through a neighborhood after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath ...

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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)