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  • UPDATE: How you can help the recovery

    Several local organizations are pulling together to collect items to assist survivors from the Moore tornado.

    May 21, 2013

  • Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

    Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

    May 21, 2013

  • Norman-Tornado08.jpg Photos: Aftermath of massive tornado in Moore Storm victims were pulled from the rubble and residents began surveying the damage late Monday and early Tuesday in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, where a powerful tornado destroyed entire neighborhoods and left dozens dead.

    May 21, 2013

  • Sen. Coburn wants tornado aid paid through other cuts

    Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government’s $3.6 trillion budget.

    May 21, 2013

  • Moore survivors Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister

    Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

    May 21, 2013 1 Photo

  • Will Rogers Masonic Lodge accepting donations for Moore tornado survivors

    The Will Rogers Masonic Lodge is enlisting the community’s help to provide items for the victims of the Moore tornado.

    May 21, 2013

  • Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

    President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of “one of the most destructive” storms in the nation’s history.

    May 21, 2013

  • Moore tornado no1 Moore Tornado: Death toll revised, at least 24 killed

    Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

    May 20, 2013 1 Photo

  • Shawnee tornado house UPDATE: Tornado-hit states brace for more bad storms

    When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left.

    May 20, 2013 1 Photo

  • Shawnee tornado5-19-13 Tornadoes knock trucks over, leave trail of damage

    Several tornadoes roared through Oklahoma Sunday, knocking semi-trucks off the overpass of U.S. Highway 177 onto Interstate 40 in Shawnee and causing damage on the southeast side of Carney.

    May 20, 2013 2 Photos

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