Residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore sift through the remnants of their homes and parents embrace children outside a demolished elementary school after a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister flattened the area. (May 21)
Source: Chris Strauss / USA Today As the star of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant has led by his actions since arriving in town as the team’s franchise player in 2008. Now he’s taking an ever bigger leadership role in the community, donating $1 million to the Oklahoma Red Cross to help with relief efforts following [...]
Video taken from a helicopter shows the extent of damage caused by Monday’s tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. (May 21)
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Eun Kyung Kim / Today Show / NBC News As stories of survival emerged from sites devastated Monday by the Oklahoma tornado, so did accounts of the heroic actions of teachers who risked their lives to save students from the deadly storm. The tornado [...]
Source: AP / CBS News NORMAN, OKLA. More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., says golf ball-sized hail, powerful winds and isolated, strong tornadoes could strike areas of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma on [...]
Source: AP / The Des Moines Register MOORE, Okla. — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. At least 37 people were reported killed. The [...]
Source: AP / ABC News A mix of volunteers and first responders are combing through debris in an Oklahoma City suburb looking for survivors. The city of Moore, Okla., was hit by a mile-wide tornado on Monday afternoon. People wearing neon-green vests were joined by residents in the search through rubble. Neighborhoods are flattened and [...]
A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread to other parts of the Plains and Midwest. (May 20)
Source: Erin McClam / NBC News A huge tornado appeared to touch down just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, perhaps near a casino where people were sheltered, a helicopter pilot for NBC station KFOR reported. A forecaster for the station said the tornado was kicking up a debris cloud about 2 miles wide [...]
Tornadoes and severe weather struck the states from Texas to Minnesota on Sunday. The worst damage reported is in Oklahoma, where one person was killed and at least 21 injured. (May 20)
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