Disaster in Oklahoma

Crews search for survivors in Okla.

A medical examiner revised the death toll down to at least 24 as crews continued a frantic search for survivors after the massive tornado.

Dalton Sprading (right) salvaged items from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

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Dalton Sprading (right) salvaged items from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

Rescue workers dug through the rubble of Plaza Tower Elementary School early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

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Rescue workers dug through the rubble of Plaza Tower Elementary School.

A mangled car in the parking lot of Warren Theatre as a storm cloud passed over  early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

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A mangled car in the parking lot of Warren Theatre as a storm cloud passed over early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

A stuffed bear amid the rubble in Moore after a massive tornado leveld parts of the town on Monday.

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A stuffed bear amid the rubble in Moore.

Lightning ripped across the sky in Moore, Okla., on the day after a massive tornado hit the town.

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Lightning ripped across the sky in Moore, Okla., on the day after a massive tornado hit the town.

Rebekah Stuck hugged her son, Aiden, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary on Monday.

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Rebekah Stuck hugged her son, Aiden, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary on Monday.

Cindy Wilson texted friends on Monday after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado.

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Cindy Wilson texted friends on Monday after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado.

A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.

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Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.

Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.

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Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.

A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.

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Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.

A woman was pulled from the school.

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A woman was pulled from the school.

The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.

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The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.

A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.

President Obama spoke alongside Vice President Joe Biden about the deadly tornadoes that hit Oklahoma.

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

The president said that the town of Moore, Okla., ‘‘needs to get everything it needs right away’’ after it was hit by ‘‘one of the most destructive’’ storms in the nation’s history.

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Honoring a class of three

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