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Oklahoma man dies after golf cart-pickup collision near Lake Eufaula

Lawerence Dillard, 33, of Norman, was driving an electric golf cart Saturday evening near Lake Eufaula that was struck by a pickup, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol ...
51 killed as two-mile tornado rips through Oklahoma City in US

The twister ripped through Oklahoma City in the US, flattening the school in the suburb of Moore - with 24 children still unaccounted for last night. As the storm hit, around 75 pupils and staff were said to have been sheltering at Plaza Towers Elementary. Some children, thought to be around ages eight and nine, were pulled out alive, but others remained trapped. Nearby Briarwood ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Two arms that didnt know they were broken helped rescue children at Briarwood Elementary

When Jeff Wilhelm reached the intersection of Vicki Drive and 149th Street after a tornado swept through Moore, he saw no school and he saw no one. But everyone walked out of Briarwood Elementary, thanks in part to arms that didn't know they were ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Destruction reunites Oklahoma family

Unprotected in the parking lot of the Federal Aviation Administration's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center sat her pride and joy, her five-month-old white Kia Optima. She cut her workday short and at 2:25 p.m. headed toward home in Newcastle in hopes of beating the weather. From the road, she called her husband of six years, Kevin Troxell, who worked in a different building at the Monroney ...
Buses available to take central Oklahoma storm victims to memorial service in Moore

The state has arranged for storm victims from across central Oklahoma to receive shuttle service to and from Sunday's memorial service for victims of the May 20 tornadoes. The service will be at 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church in ...

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Oklahoma tornadoes Cleanup hits full swing in Moore

Hundreds of volunteers joined homeowners and friends in pushing the destruction from Monday's tornado in Moore to the curb. Oklahoma emergency management officials said more than $3 million in disaster relief aid already has been approved for roughly 4,000 ...
Tornado ranks among EF5F5 twisters in Oklahoma history

Monday's tornado was designated an EF5 by the National Weather Service after the deadly path that ripped through Newcastle, Moore and Oklahoma City, ravaging homes, schools and ...
Moore milestones Missing moms make graduation day bittersweet

Southmoore High School's commencement ceremonies bring bright future and bittersweet past together for two daughters, one who lost her mother in the ...
President Obama scheduled to tour tornado damaged areas

OKLAHOMA CITY — This week’s deadly tornado outbreak across the Sooner State captured national attention including that of from the president. "The people of Moore (Oklahoma) should know that their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them, as long as it takes," President Obama says. Sunday morning President Obama will be on sooner soil. The president ...
Tulsa Zoo Celebrates Rhinoceros Awareness Day

North Tulsa - The Tulsa Zoo is inviting guests to celebrate an endangered species this weekend.The White Rhinoceros is facing extinction in the wild, so Tulsa zoo keepers are working to help save them.Saturday afternoon, guests got a front row to the animals and learned how to make a difference.Jessica Scallan is the large mammal keeper, and she says, "Rhino awareness day is a great ...

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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.

--IANS/EFE

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