missmuffet Posted May 20, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its wake. In the desperate seconds and minutes after the storm passed, the human toll was yet to even begin to be counted. Survivors emerged from shelters to see an apocalyptic vision -- the remnants of cars twisted and piled on each other to make what had been a parking lot look like a junk yard. Bright orange flames roaring from a structure that was blazing even as rain continued to fall. At least one school was in the tornado's devastation zone in Moore, Oklahoma. Lance West, a reporter for CNN affiliate KFOR, says there were people pulling students from a classroom at an elementary school heavily damaged by the tornado. There were no immediate reports on the condition of the children. "Our worst fears are becoming realized this afternoon," Bill Bunting, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center, told CNN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 20, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2013 kfor has live feed. Its just depressing. Watched them try and unbury a victim trapped under a wall who was calling to them. How many are alive buried but unable to call out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 20, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2013 Oklahoma police told Fox News' Casey Stegall, on the ground in Moore, Okla., that at least four people were killed at a 7-11 convenience store as the tornado carved through the area. one resident told Fox News that children were trapped under cars at an elementary school. Moore Medical Center, the only hospital in the city, also suffered "extensive structural damage," demolishing the second floor of the hospital and tearing off part of the roof. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/05/20/oklahoma-braces-for-severe-storms/#ixzz2TsaFa7hk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 20, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2013 24 victims are assumed to be in the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary school. The effort at the elementary school is now a recovery mission and not a search rescue effort, according to KFOR’s Lance West. (Meaning they dont expect survivors any more.) KFOR’s Meg Alexander reports at least 4 found dead at 4th and Telephone, including a 7 month old baby. http://kfor.com/2013/05/19/weather-tornadoes-on-ground-watches-warnings-across-state/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 20, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Praying for all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 21, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 21, 2013 Very sad news from KFOR’s Lance West: search and rescue said there don’t appear to be any more survivors at Plaza Towers Elementary. Seven children’s bodies were removed from the school, and they believe 20 to 30 more children may be inside, but do not believe there are any more survivors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ayin jade Posted May 21, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 21, 2013 MOORE, Okla. – Officials have confirmed at least 37 people were killed in the Moore tornado Monday. That number is expected to rise. The tornado claimed an unconfirmed number of children at Moore’s Plaza Towers Elementary. http://kfor.com/2013/05/20/at-least-37-killed-in-moore-tornado/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncn Posted May 21, 2013 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 6 Topic Count: 406 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5,248 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 1,337 Days Won: 67 Joined: 08/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted May 21, 2013 Praying from across the pond., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs Posted May 21, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 45 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,081 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 53 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/13/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is truly terrible. I don't understand why schools in a place as known for tornadoes as Oklahoma, would not have shelters built in to them. Feel so horrible for the poor parents and families. What an awful day in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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