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Teacher's recording captures harrowing moments during tornado
The chilling screams of students and teachers can be heard on a newly released audio recording, which was made as a killer tornado swept through Briarwood Elementary School in Oklahoma City. The audio, broadcast by KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City on Thursday,...
Tags: Teachers, Boy Scouts of America, Tornadoes, Teaching and Learning, Natural Disasters
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Tornado survivors pick up the pieces, wonder about where to live
MOORE, Okla.--Judy and Brian Overlinge were thankful. "We're one of the lucky ones," said Judy, 54. "Half of our house is still standing." The couple -- along with a son, a neighbor and five dogs -- had taken refuge inside an old septic tank that...
Tags: FEMA
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Oklahoma tornado toll at 24 dead, 377 hurt as recovery speeds up
MOORE, Okla. -- As this devastated city buried the first victim of this week’s tornado, officials announced that the human toll appeared to be final at 24 dead and 377 injured. Led by Gov. Mary Fallin, state and local officials said at a news...
Tags: FEMA, Mary Fallin, Politics, Government, Apache Corporation
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As funerals begin, rain slows Oklahoma tornado recovery
MOORE, Okla. — Rain drenched the tornado-devastated towns near Oklahoma City again Thursday as weary survivors began to bury their dead and find the strength to carry on. Authorities said they didn't expect the death toll to rise beyond 24 –...
Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Alana Semuels, FEMA, Human Interest
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Bad weather in Oklahoma hinders recovery in hard-hit Moore
MOORE, Okla. -- A band of thunderstorms put this city further on edge Thursday as the grim task of burying the dead from this week’s deadly tornado began. Pelting rain combined with strong winds to knock over some relief tents, drenching...
Tags: Memorial Day, National Weather Service, Barack Obama, Natural Disasters
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The numbers are staggering, says mayor from tornado-torn Oklahoma
MOORE, Okla. -- After closing shattered neighborhoods to traffic in the aftermath of Monday’s massive tornado, city officials allowed residents with proper IDs to drive to what remained of their homes Wednesday to retrieve belongings. During a...
Tags: Janet Napolitano, National Weather Service, Oklahoma Sooners, Mary Fallin, Tornadoes
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Amid Oklahoma tornado devastation, hunt for survivors persists
MOORE, Okla. — The grueling recovery from a killer tornado began Tuesday as search-and-rescue operations continued, but authorities acknowledged that the likelihood of finding anyone alive grew dimmer by the moment. In a rare bit of good news, the...
Tags: National Weather Service, Disasters and Accidents, Separation of Church and State, Moore Oklahoma Tornado (2013), Building Material
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Oklahoma tornado 'was a monster'
Rescuers sifted through debris in a desperate search for survivors Monday night after a massive tornado battered the Oklahoma City area, killing at least 51 people, including 20 children, and injuring 120. The toll was expected to rise. With 200-mph...
Tags: National Weather Service, Hospitals and Clinics, Highway Transportation, Abusive Behavior, Petroleum Industry
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Huge Oklahoma tornado, on ground 40 minutes, smashes schools, homes
This post has been updated, as indicated below.A mile-wide tornado slammed into Oklahoma on Monday afternoon, leveling neighborhoods, starting fires and causing, as one storm chaser put it, "total destruction." [Update, 5:29 p.m. May 20: Oklahoma authorities said at least 37 people were killed in...Tags: National Weather Service, Separation of Church and State, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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Family returns to their wrecked house: 'Hey, it's Oklahoma'
OKLAHOMA CITY -- "Welcome to my home," Olga Cordero said, and walked into her roofless living room. It was Friday morning. When they last saw their home, there had been a pile of dead horses nearby at Orr's Family Farm, victims of Monday's monster...
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In Oklahoma, a mix of grief, gratitude at church services
MOORE, Okla. — They filled the sanctuary after one of the worst weeks they had ever known. The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City area killed two dozen people, including 10 children. It destroyed homes. It wiped away mementos. It...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Baptist, Mary Fallin, Barack Obama
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Prayers in Oklahoma: 'We choose not to walk as victims'
MOORE, Okla. — Hundreds of worshipers came to an evening prayer service for tornado victims — but not to dwell on devastation and death. They wanted to push forward, to reclaim what they could and rebuild what they couldn’t. Last...Tags: Mary Fallin, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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