AT LEAST 51 PEOPLE KILLED BY MASSIVE TORNADO THAT CHURNED THROUGH OKLAHOMA **
HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN MOORE, OK, WERE ESPECIALLY AFFECTED, AND VEHICLES **
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURB SUFFERS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM **
MOORE, ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY, WAS ONE OF THE TOWNS HIT BY A MAY **
VOLUNTEERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS COMBING THROUGH DEBRIS IN MOORE, OK, **
NEIGHBORHOODS FLATTENED AND HOMES BLOWN APART IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURB **
SHARDS OF WOOD, CARS AND INSULATION STREWN ACROSS THE AREA **
FEMA CLOSELY MONITORING STORMS AND THEIR DAMAGE IN MOORE, OK, AND **
HOMELAND SECURITY SECY JANET NAPOLITANO COORDINATING WITH OK GOV MARY **
OBAMA ADMIN URGES ALL THOSE IN AFFECTED AREAS TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF **
THE MASSIVE TORNADO THAT HAS STRUCK THE OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURB OF MOORE HAS **
STORM WAS LIKELY AT LEAST OF EF4 STRENGTH, THE SECOND HIGHEST RATING **
SEVERAL CHILDREN PULLED OUT OF RUBBLE ALIVE AT PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY **
RESCUE WORKERS LIFTED CHILDREN FROM THE RUBBLE BEFORE PASSING THEM DOWN A **
BUILDINGS LEVELED, FIRES SPARKED BY THE TORNADO, WHICH RAVAGED THE OKLAHOMA **
MOORE MEDICAL CENTER, THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN MOORE, ALSO SUFFERED EXTENSIVE **
THE CENTER EVACUATED 30 PATIENTS TO TWO OTHER HOSPITALS IN NORMAN, OK **
MORE THAN 20 STUDENTS ARE MISSING BELIEVED TO BE IN THE RUBBLE OF THE **
AUTHORITIES EXPECTING THE DEATH TOLL TO RISE AS EMERGENCY CREWS MOVE DEEPER **
FALLIN HAS DEPLOYED 80 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO ASSIST WITH SEARCH-AND- **
COMMUNICATION SNARLED BY THE STORM, AS LANDLINES AND CELL PHONE TOWERS WERE **
Dec 3 2012 - 5:45 PM ET
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