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Twister kills 1 in Oklahoma
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- A rash of tornadoes wreaked havoc in Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday, destroying homes and tossing trees around like toothpicks. But the destructive weather isn't ...
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Enormous tornado destroys homes near Oklahoma City
Tornadoes ravaged parts of Oklahoma reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the US on Sunday. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. ...
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Tornadoes ravage Oklahoma kill 1
Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the nation's midsection Sunday. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched ...
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Deadly tornadoes strike Oklahoma
Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing parts of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the US's mid-west. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. "You ...
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Tornadoes level Oklahoma trailer park hit other states
EDMOND, Okla. - One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota.At least ...
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Edmond residents cleaning up tornado damage
EDMOND, Okla. – Residents in southeast Edmond are cleaning up damage caused by a tornado that rolled through several neighborhoods Sunday evening near Bryant Ave. between 15th St. and 33rd St. The twister damaged several homes and uprooted dozens of trees. ';It was seven, eight, nine seconds of the most intense white light and wind blowing like nothing I’d ever seen in my ...
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Video Video Tornado destruction in Carney Oklahoma
One of several twisters that ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas Sunday night destroyed several mobile homes in a trailer park 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes How to help
HOW TO HELP o Oklahoma residents can call 211 for nonemergency disaster or health and human service information. Services are available 24 hours a ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Tractor-trailers thrown about on Interstate 40
SHAWNEE -- As he sat in his tractor-trailer on Interstate 40, Marco Corr thought he was going to be OK. And then he watched a tractor-trailer in front of him fall nearly 20 feet onto the roadway ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Carney residents describe damage as unreal
CARNEY -- Ida Clark knew the tree beside her house was gone when she smelled pecans. The 40-foot-tall pecan tree and the roof of the home she has lived in for 50 years were destroyed by a Sunday evening tornado that tore through this small Lincoln County ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Northeast part of Cleveland County sees damage
Oklahoma tornadoes: Tractor-trailers thrown about on Interstate 40 05/20/2013 At least three tractor-trailers and four other vehicles were thrown about the ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes National Weather Service reports continued severe weather risk for Monday
NORMAN -- National Weather Service officials had been watching the potential for severe weather since the middle of last week and they will continue to monitor it Monday, Weather Service meteorologist Rick Smith ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Some houses in Dale neighborhood reduced to splinters
DALE -- Residents in a mobile home park here said their homes were destroyed during a tornado Sunday evening. Resident Amber Ash lives in Steelman Estates, which she described as a mix of mobile homes and brick ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Several homes damaged by tornado but no injuries in Edmond
EDMOND -- No injuries were reported in Edmond on Sunday afternoon when a tornado traveled through parts of the city. A large portion of the damage was between 15th and 33rd streets at Bryant Avenue. The heaviest damage was in the Thornbrooke Village housing ...
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Beyond laugh often live much Oklahomans offer graduates words of wisdom
If they knew then what they know now, here is what an assortment of Oklahomans would say to today's graduates -- or wish they had heard at their own ...
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Oklahoma Legislature governor should back effort to fund museum projects
A FTER years of stop-and-start progress, the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum may be nearing the finish line. A Senate budget committee has voted to fund the museum's completion by earmarking $40 million in use taxes over several years. Use taxes are paid on out-of-state and online purchases in lieu of sales taxes, primarily by businesses, bringing in more than $200 million per ...
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Oklahoma City metro-area pet adoptions
noon to 5:45 p.m. daily for adoptions and 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. daily for receiving, 2811 SE 29, 297-3100, www.okc.petfinder.com or www.okc.gov. ...
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At a glance Key measures eyed in final week of Oklahoma Legislative session
Final week Republican legislative leaders are hoping to wrap up this year's session by Friday, a week earlier than the deadline of the last Friday in May. Some key measures up for consideration ...
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Raucous week expected at Oklahomas state Capitol
A triumphant ending to this year's session may transform into a final week of shenanigans, last-minute deals and reopening sore wounds. Instead of basking in their accomplishments, GOP legislative leaders are split on several issues they intend to take on this ...
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Tornadoes leave one dead level homes in Oklahoma
SEAN MURPHY Associated Press SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park southeast of Oklahoma City killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the neighborhood. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth also said that six people who lived in the mobile home park were injured. Between 30 and 35 homes had significant damage, and ...
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Tornadoes cause havoc in Oklahoma
Oklahoma , leaving at least one man dead, turning homes in a trailer park into splinters and rubble and sending frightened residents scurrying for ...
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Red Cross opens shelters for tornado victims
American Red Cross volunteers will be opening shelters at the following locations: Carney Senior Center 301 Maple Ave, Carney, OK 74832 Shawnee Athletic Center- Shawnee High School 1001 North Kennedy in Shawnee Absentee Shawnee Tribe Resource Center 1970 ...
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Tornadoes Level Homes and Cause Injuries in Oklahoma
SHAWNEE, Okla. -- One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for ...
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Tornado rips through Edmond homes hospital
EDMOND, Okla. – Sunday’s string of tornadoes started in Edmond but the town didn’t get the worst of the damage. The storms continued on to devastate the Wellston and Twin Lakes areas where at least one person has been confirmed dead. The best part of Edmond’s story is no one was killed during this ...
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Gov. Fallin declares state of emergency for 16 Okla. counties
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for 16 Oklahoma counties after tornadoes tore through the state Sunday. Counties under state of emergency: - Caddo - Cleveland - Comanche - Creek - Garfield - Grant - Greer - Kiowa - Lincoln - Logan - McClain - Okfuskee - Oklahoma - Pawnee - Payne - ...
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Oklahoma's massively ambitious transport plan for next eight years
The Oklahoma Department of Transport has adopted a massive transport improvement plan that will cost the state $4.8 billion over the next eight years and will incorporate around 1,700 individual project around the state aimed at making Oklahoma’s roads, bridges and highways safer and better to drive on.
Oklahoma has around 12,000 miles of highways and many more thousands of miles of roadway and streets, maintaining this massive expanse of tarmac is an ongoing process and in recent years the Department of Transport acknowledged that it has fallen behind. Read more
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