Oklahoma tornado tears through towns
At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, in Monday's massive tornado in Oklahoma.
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Governor Mary Fallin said authorities did not know how many people were still missing, but vowed to account for every resident.
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Many houses have ‘‘just been taken away. They’re just sticks and bricks,’’ the governor said of the 17-mile path of destruction.
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The National Weather Service said the twister was on the ground for 40 minutes, with winds estimated at 190 mph.
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The storm system that generated a deadly tornado in Moore, Okla., is seen in a satellite image.
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Rescue workers dug through the rubble of Plaza Tower Elementary School early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.
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Dalton Sprading (right) salvaged items from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday in Moore, Okla.
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A mangled in the parking lot of Warren Theatre as a storm cloud passed over early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.
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A stuffed bear amid the rubble in Moore after a massive tornado leveld parts of the town on Monday.
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Lightning ripped across the sky in Moore, Okla., on the day after a massive tornado hit the town.
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A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.
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Rebekah Stuck hugged her son, Aiden, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary on Monday.
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Cindy Wilson texted friends on Monday after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado.
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Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.
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Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.
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A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.
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Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.
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A fire burned amid devastation in Moore, Okla., after an EF-4 tornado with winds up to 200 mph struck there.
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A woman was pulled from the school.
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The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.
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Kim Schwab looked at her destroyed home in south Oklahoma City.
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A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.
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A woman took an injured child to a triage center.
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The storm’s path south of Oklahoma City.
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Overturned vehicles and other damage is seen.
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Law enforcement officers arrived in Moore.
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An image from television shows homes that were flattened outside Moore, Okla., on Monday.
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The tornado was estimated to have been a mile wide.
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A house burned outside Moore, Okla.
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An image shows a vehicle pile-up outside Moore, Okla.
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