Oklahoma
Raw: New Video of Deadly Oklahoma Tornado
Video from stormchasingvideo.com shows the formation and then deadly path of the tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma Monday. (May 22)
USM halts tornado relief campaign
The University of Southern Mississippi has stopped its own tornado relief fundraising campaigns in deference to storm victims in Oklahoma. The USM Foundation launched the tornado campaign following the Feb. 10 EF-4 tornado that tore through the Hattiesburg area and the campus beautification campaign in April. USM President Rodney Bennett ...
Okla. lawmakers to take up tornado recovery bill
Oklahoma lawmakers are preparing to take up legislation to appropriate $45 million in emergency funds to help pay for recovery efforts following deadly tornadoes in central Oklahoma. Officials in the Oklahoma Senate say the chamber could take up a measure on Wednesday that would dip into the state's Rainy Day ...
Search for Okla. tornado survivors nearly complete
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children. Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and ...
Families Begin Returning to Their Homes in Moore
Workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado claimed 24 lives. Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of twister known as an...
Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado
Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado hit an Oklahoma City suburb. Dozens of patients remained hospitalized Tuesday following Monday's storms that health officials said led to more than 200 injuries. Norman Regional Hospital spokeswoman Melissa Herron said 20 of the ...
Crews Race to Find Survivors of Okla. Twister
Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children. (...
Oklahoma: Images of Devastation, Reunion
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)
Thunder, NBA donate to tornado relief efforts
Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett began hearing from people around the NBA within minutes of Monday's tornado. Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver called. So did fellow owners and colleagues, all asking what they could do to help. Some made donations, but Bennett believes the organization had ...
Oklahoma schools hit by tornado had no safe rooms
An emergency official says Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in more than 100 schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have them. Albert Ashwood is director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. He told reporters Tuesday ...
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