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Line of storms brings flash floods to Oklahoma City area
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Storms that lingered over the Oklahoma City area have brought flooding to several areas. A number of roads in the metro area had to be closed Thursday morning due to high water. Cars and people were stranded in places and the National Weather Service recommended residents delay traveling until the waters ...
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Former Berwyn Family Among Oklahoma Tornado Victims Starting Over
People assess the damage after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado, reported to be at least EF4 strength and two miles wide, touched down in the Oklahoma City area on Monday killing at least 51 people. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty ...
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Oklahoma tornado victims allowed to return to their damaged homes
A tent is pitched on a property as rescue workers search through debris in Moore, Oklahoma on May 22, 2013. A destructive tornado tore through the city on May 20. UPI/J.P. ...
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Details emerge about memorial service for Oklahoma tornado victims
Alex Weintz said the service is set for 6 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27 in Moore. He said parking for the service will be at Plaza Mayor at The Crossroads, formerly known as Crossroads Mall, at 7000 Crossroads Blvd. He said shuttle service will be provided to the church. Weintz said the parking arrangements have been made because a large crowd is expected and parking ...
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NEW Mourners remember girl 9 killed in Oklahoma tornado
Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were ...
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MWC announces start of summer Junior Golf League
Beginning the week of June 11 and running through July 24, the city of Midwest City will once again sponsor the Jr. Golf League. Play will take place at the Hidden Creek Golf Course, 3210 Belaire ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Reminds Us of the Value of Teachers
A teacher's job used to entail, well, teaching. Kids went to class and were expected to listen to their teachers' lessons and to do their homework. Parents were expected to make sure kids got to school ready to learn, and to make sure that the youngsters did their part in getting an education, such as paying attention in class and completing their ...
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Oklahoma tornado 15 unexpected struggles in Moore
MOORE, OK - While the worst of any natural disaster clearly comes during the disaster itself, the aftermath is often equally difficult to deal ...
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Oklahoma Airman Experiences Moore Tornados Wrath
By Army Sgt. Daniel Nelson Jr.145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment MOORE, Okla., May 23, 2013 The Midwest region is certainly no stranger to inclement weather, having heavy snow and ice in the winter months and severe thunderstorms and deadly tornados during the spring and ...
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Thunderstorms hamper Oklahoma tornado cleanup
A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the town where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week. The first of the funerals, for a 9-year-old girl killed at a Moore elementary school that took a direct hit in Monday's storm, was scheduled for Thursday morning. A family photo showed the girl, Antonia ...
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A letter to Moore Oklahoma | Eric Gregg
Leap Day tornado outbreak , that your neighboring communities will stand with you, as will the nation as a whole. One of the most enduring memories I have of that dark time is that citizens from across our country reached out and selflessly proved how truly great they are. We received donations, help reconstructing, and plenty of notes. We will do the same for you. As Americans, this is who we ...
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Oklahoma funerals begin as severe weather hampers recovery efforts
Oklahoma City suburb, the first since the storm killed 24 people on Monday.The funeral for Antonia Candelaria -who was killed at a Moore elementary school that took a direct hit in Monday's storm - was scheduled for Thursday morning. A family photo showed the girl, Antonia Candelaria, beaming with a big smile and wearing a white sun hat.Meanwhile, a band of thunderstorms battered the ...
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Friends family attend funeral of 9-year-old killed in Oklahoma tornado
May 20, 2013: This undated handout photo provided by Brandie Candelaria shows Antonia Candelaria. Candelaria was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, ...
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Final legislative approval given to Oklahoma disaster relief bill
The Oklahoma House of Representatives votes 95-0 to pass a measure that would tap $45 million from the state's savings account to help reimburse state agencies and local governments for expenses caused by this week's tornadoes and other ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes OU OSU and the Univ. of Tulsa combine efforts for relief T-shirts
NORMAN -- Three Oklahoma universities are working up a plan to raise money for the United Way's tornado relief effort in Moore. The University of Oklahoma announced Thursday that it is working with Oklahoma State University and the University of Tulsa to use logos from the three schools for disaster relief ...
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Hundreds mourn Oklahoma tornado victim schoolgirl who liked to sing
1 of 3. Mourners leave the first memorial service for a child killed by the tornado that struck Plaza Towers elementary school in Oklahoma City, May 23, ...
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Interactive Moore tornado before and after images
MOORE, Okla. — Google Crisis Response has released a new map detailing damage from the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. We've highlighted some of of the affected areas more directly in the maps below; just slide the bar from side-to-side to see before and after ...
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Businesses accused of fraud in Oklahomas tornado-hit region
Investigators said they have uncovered evidence of businesses committing fraud by increasing prices in areas of Oklahoma devastated by tornadoes. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt told ABC News that 30 investigators began checking for fraud in the hours after the tornado hit. The investigators said they quickly found businesses violating the law, Pruitt said, including a grocery store ...
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Moore Oklahoma Tornado Damage Estimated at More than $2B
The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion. Spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press that the early tally of damages is based on visual assessments of an extensive damage zone stretching more than 17 miles and the fact that the tornado was on the ground for 40 ...
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Star Spencer commencement moved inside
SPENCER -- Star Spencer High School's graduation ceremony has been moved inside because of rainy weather. The ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in the school gymnasium at 3001 N Spencer ...
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Mobile post offices being set up for affected Moore areas
Oklahoma tornadoes: For the moment, too many volunteers are in affected area 05/23/2013 Coordinators request volunteers register, wait for ...
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Amid Nails And Mud Oklahoma Neighborhood Pulls Together
the tornado smashed his house in the Heather Wood subdivision of Moore, Okla. He says his daughters survived only because neighbors invited them to share a custom shelter. Several residents in the neighborhood along Southeast Fourth Street have similar stories. Their section of Heather Wood was built about 11 years ago. It will all have to be rebuilt ...
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Moore woman recounts story of hope survival
"I wasn't scared until the roof came off the building, and that's when I was like; I'm about to get sucked up, that's my thought; I was like, I'm going to die," recounts Schuman. Everything became black; Schuman crawled into the fetal position and hung on for dear life. "That's when I started crying, because it was very, like, it was very ...
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A tornado in Oklahoma A mile wide and howling
The pity of Moore KIRA BORDWINE saw the tornado charging in from the day-care centre where she minded seven one-year-olds, including her daughter. "It was the most unreal thing ever," she says. "As soon as I saw the debris flying like you do on TV, I grabbed all the mattresses that we could and flung them over our heads...It lasted, it felt like five minutes, but it was the ...
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Picking up the pieces Tornado recovery stories
Reporter Adam Kemp has been covering the aftermath of Monday's tornado and decided to compile some of his work into visual features. Below are four stories that look at recovery efforts and devastation caused by an EF-5 tornado that swept through Moore ...
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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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