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The Search For Survivors In Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:59 +0000

(AP) 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, and those numbers were expected to climb.

Reuniting Rochesterians with Loved Ones in Oklahoma

LeShea Agnew — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:21:48 +0000

The Greater Rochester Chapter of the American Red Cross says it can help reconnect Rochesterians with displaced family members and friends in Moore, Oklahoma.

Click here to register for the online service.

Oklahoma Death Toll Revised Downward

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:35:28 +0000

MOORE, Okla. (AP) The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.

Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm. Authorities said initially that as many as 51 people were dead, including 20 children.

Teams are continuing to search the rubble in Moore, 10 miles south of Oklahoma City, after the Monday afternoon tornado.

Tornado Death Toll Expected To Rise

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:37:39 +0000

(CNN, NPR & AP ) Clinging to the hope of finding more survivors, rescue workers scoured mountains of rubble Tuesday where houses and schools once stood.

But as they searched through the night and Tuesday morning, the sobering death toll continued to climb in this city far too familiar with nature's wrath.

Around the State 5-17-13

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:09 +0000