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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 ...

  • Monstrous tornado tears through Moore Oklahoma

    A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to ...

  • Medical examiner 20 children killed in twister

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says that 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs.The twister has killed at least 51 people and officials fear the death toll will rise.Medical examiner spokeswoman Amy Elliott confirmed the children's deaths Monday night. The tornado made a direct hit on an elementary ...

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  • Okla sports figures keep eye on state

    The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the ...

  • Officials 51 dead in Moore

    MOORE, Okla. -- Fity-one people are confirmed dead in Moore after a devastating tornado tore through the area, according to an Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office official. Amy Elliot with the ME's office says that total will most likely continue to climb. According to the Associated Press, 20 children are among the dead. The AP is also reporting hospitals are treating more than 120 ...

  • 20 children among victims of deadly Oklahoma tornado

    OKLAHOMA CITY - A 2 mile-wide tornado that chewed through the Oklahoma City area on Monday is blamed for at least 51 deaths including 20 children, according to a CNN report. Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 140 patients, including about 70 children, since the massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City. Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot says nine of 57 patients who are ...

  • Oklahoma tornado 51 people killed as mile-wide storm hits Moore

    A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Photograph: Sue ...

  • Map Oklahoma tornados path

    United States See the path of the huge tornado that has killed scores of people and destroyed hundreds of homes in Oklahoma City.This Google map also displays other information, including shelter locations and tornado and hail ...

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