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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Tennessee sends help to Oklahoma

    A number of Tennesseans are on their way to Oklahoma to help with search and rescue and recovery efforts after Monday's devastating tornado. Early Tuesday, a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle left Chattanooga with a Knoxville volunteer for the 13 hour drive to Moore. Once there, they will provide hot meals and other relief supplies to tornado victims. Louie Crowe from Knoxville and ...

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Rango [Blu-Ray]

Rango [Blu-Ray]

A kind of crazed, loving homage to spaghetti westerns, Gore Verbinskis computer-animated comic adventure Rango lacks the narrative and emotional refinement of Pixars best films, but what it loses in coherence and dexterity it gains in pure sensationalism, whether it be visual, verbal, or narr ... ...

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  • Rescuers search board by board for survivors

    Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...

  • Obamas vow to Oklahoma We will be there as long as it takes to recover from tornado

    View results Calling the devastating tornadoes that leveled parts of Moore, Okla., Monday some of the most destructive in history, President Obama pledged to devote all the resources available for as long as needed to assist those who have lost homes and loved ones.';Our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today,'; Mr. Obama said in solemn remarks in the White House’s East ...

  • Inhofe Coburn in Hot Seat as Congress Seeks to Help Oklahoma

    As the death toll rises in Moore, Okla., where a tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and killed more than 20 people, Congress must decide how much assistance they will lend to the disaster zone that has been struck before. The response, however, will be measured as the state's own fiscal hawks, Republican Sens. Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn, have demanded offsets for disaster relief in the ...

  • UN global disasters forum opens with condolences for Oklahoma City tornado victims

    21 May 2013 &#150 A United Nations forum dedicated to building resilience to disasters and making communities safer opened today in Geneva with expressions of sympathy for the people of Oklahoma City over the loss of life caused yesterday by a deadly tornado. ';Our thoughts and hearts go to the people of Oklahoma and we hope that help will reach those in need soon,'; Deputy ...

  • Tornado tears apart Oklahoma community

    MOORE // Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb yesterday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb. As the sun rose over the shattered community of Moore, the state medical examiner's office cut the ...

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