Oklahoma tornado death toll likely to stand at 24
Posted by: Robert Weller
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:44:50 -0700 | disasters-news
The fire chief of the Oklahoma City suburb smashed by a tornado Monday says the death toll likely will stay at 24. Gary Bird told Fox News he is "98 percent sure " there are no more dead in the...
Sen. Whitehouse fingers GOP's global warming denial for Oklahoma tornadoes
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 13:09:54 -0700 | political-news
Even as Americans were transfixed before their television sets, soaking up the almost surreal scenes of mass death and damage as miles-wide tornadoes with winds in excess of 200 mph rampaged throughout the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen....
How would Libertarians, Republicans who want minimal government help Oklahoma?
Posted by: VeronicaS
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:38:00 -0700 | political-news
Opinion After watching the devastation in Oklahoma left in the wake of a monster tornado Monday, I wondered what the folks who say government should stay out of the business of helping states cope would do about this tragedy. According...
Tornadoes ravage Midwest as GOP congressman calls climate change a 'lie'
Posted by: PrairieDogPress
Shawnee :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 06:38:08 -0700 | political-news
UPDATED 7:00p.m. PDT at bottom of report, including today's Oklahoma twister. Monday morning had the latest tornado count since last week to descimate homes and businesses in states from Texas up to parts of Minnesota at 28, but officials are...
Oklahoma tornado's emotional highpoints: Parents reuniting with children (Videos)
Posted by: Nina Rai
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:25:47 -0700 | disasters-news
Even as the deadly tornado hit Moore, an Oklahoma suburb on May 20 destroying everything in its path - claiming nearly 91 lives and injuring hundreds - there have been a quite a few happy endings for families. Some of...
Moore Oklahoma elementary school has no tornado shelter, Who's to blame?
Posted by: richwebnews
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:25:47 -0700 | disasters-news
When deadly Oklahoma tornado chewed through Moore city in Cleveland County on Monday afternoon, dozens of young children in an elementary school left scampering around with nowhere to hide. Plaza Towers Elementary was directly in the path of the two-mile...
Safety experts say Okla. school was ready for tornado
Source: USA Today
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:38:00 -0700 | travel-news
EDT May 22, 2013 The teachers and students in Moore, Okla., were as prepared as anyone could have been to respond to the devastating tornado that struck Monday, several school safety experts say...In May 1999, tornadoes ripped through the community,...
Oklahoma Tornado: First Missing Children Pictures Revealed
Posted by: faraway
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:38:03 -0700 | disasters-news
US officials confirmed that at least 24 people have killed, including nine children and 237 people were injured after a mile-wide tornado, classified as EF5, has ripped through southern Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, May 20, leaving two elementary schools...
'It's just our job,' educator says
Source: CNN
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 19:39:22 -0700 | technology-news
That yellow wall that's standing, that's where we were," said Glasgow, pointing to a squat stack of cinder blocks. She, like many teachers at Oklahoma City's Briarwood, helped keep students safe when a tornado tore through Monday, killing at least...
The making of a nightmare tornado
Source: CNN
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 19:39:22 -0700 | technology-news
On Tuesday morning, the residents of Moore, Oklahoma, woke again to another nightmare. In the past 14 years, Moore and its nearby neighbors have been subjected to devastation from three major tornado events. The latest chapter in this nearly unimaginable...
US tornado rescue effort nears end
Source: BBC
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 16:24:35 -0700 | green-news
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said it was too early to confirm the total number of dead as some bodies had been taken directly to funeral homes. According to the local fire chief, no survivors or bodies have been found since...
Rating changed to most powerful EF5
Source: CNN
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 16:11:41 -0700 | green-news
EDT, Tue May 21, 2013 (CNN) -- The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 mph. Officials from the National...
Which team needs the lottery rigged for them the most?
Source: FanIQ
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:51:04 -0700 | sports-news
Tonight, after some ping pong balls are picked at random, a few teams' fans will be slightly less depressed than they are today. If the Cleveland Cavaliers win their third draft lottery in 11 years, the conspiracy theorists are going...
Western Mass. pastor: Twister victims need time, pray for them
Source: Boston Herald
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 14:54:25 -0700 | technology-news
Bob Marrone of the First Church of Monson Congregational understands like few others how difficult it can be to wait to offer a helping hand to thousands at the end of their ropes. Authorities in Massachusetts, including Gov. Deval Patrick,...
The tornado had greater power than the Hiroshima bomb
Posted by: fibonnaci
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:29:48 -0700 | disasters-news
The tornado that topped the scale to the National Weather Service with state assessment of the EF-5 for wind speed, breadth and extent of damage, generated more energy than the atomic bomb that hit the Hiroshima during the Second World...
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