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Monday, May 20, 2013

Death and destruction in Oklahoma

Today's tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma was devastating. Bodies are still being pulled out of the rubble. Only two fatalities was reported in yesterday's tornado that destroyed a neighborhood near Shawnee. Today two dozen third-graders are feared to be dead at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore Seven schoolkids were found dead in pool of water. Total confirmed storm deaths as of 8:30 tonight are now at 51. They are classifying today's tornado as an EF-5 and has done as much damage as the one that hit Joplin, MO 2 years ago.

The news station showed the track of today's Moore tornado. Had it continued another 10 miles, it would of hit us. Yesterday's tornado pasted just a couple miles south of us.

UPDATE: After the dust settled, the number of fatalities were corrected to 24, with 9 of those being children, in Monday's storm. Total destruction is estimated at $2 billion being the most expensive tornado damage in US history to date.

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