Tragedy in Moore, Oklahoma
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A deadly tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday, May 20, 2013 destroying a school and devastating a community. Given its breadth and power, it ranks among some of the strongest storms ever to strike the United States.

 

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Clean-up efforts are only beginning in the wake of deadly, destructive tornado that carved a devastating 20 mile path south of Oklahoma City. The massive storm, up to a mile wide and with estimated winds of at least 200 mph, flattened entire neighborhoods and destroyed an elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma as seen in the picture below.

 

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Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs. It was a daunting task.

 

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The storm carved a trail through the area as much as two miles wide and 22 miles long, officials said. Hardest hit was Moore, Oklahoma -- a suburban town of 40,000 and the site of eerily similar twisters in 1999 and again four years later.

 

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