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.
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.
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.
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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