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Real-time updates: Recovery efforts continue
Follow live tornado recovery efforts and updates here. The following tweets and briefs are from reporters, state officials and residents in the Moore area.
Oklahoma tornado: 'One day at a time'
Rescue teams are continuing to search tornado-hit areas of Moore and south Oklahoma City on Tuesday as tales of heroism and survival emerge. Early Tuesday, the state medical examiner reported 24 dead in Monday's tornado.
Mother, her children survive inside Plaza Towers school
Diana Palmore and her two children survived in Plaza Towers Elementary School on Monday afternoon when it was destroyed by a powerful tornado.
Contact us: Plaza Towers Elementary students/staff/family
Moore Tornado Lost and Found - connect with loved ones who live in Moore or might be missing
Ongoing coverage: May 20, 2012 tornado
Mother, newborn died seeking refuge from the storm
Relatives of Megan Billingsley Futrell and her 3-month-old son, Case, grieved Tuesday outside a crumbled 7-Eleven in Moore. The two were killed Monday when a powerful tornado wiped out the store and an adjacent neighborhood.
Lawmaker seeks bond issue to pay for storm shelters
Most of the $500 million from the bond issue would pay for storm shelters in public schools.
Meteorologist never forgets saving lives is part of job
Meteorologist David Andra said his colleagues never forget their focus is the safety of people, those they know and many they don't.
For Moore businesses, rebuilding will be more than structural
While many Moore businesses will be working to repair the brick-and-mortar part of the store, bringing customers back after the storm takes work, too.
Before and after: May 20, 2013 tornado
Here are before and after aerial views of Briarwood Elementary School and Plaza Towers Elementary Schools.
Berry Tramel: When Moore gets hit: 'We kick back'
MOORE — Dorise Stanley Biddie stood amid the rubble of her home Tuesday and had a quick reply for anyone who stopped by. “I tell 'em, ‘I'm not giving up yet,'” Biddie said. “‘I crawled out of that hole over there, I'm not giving up.'”
Tuesday: Photos of the...
Tuesday: Aerial photos
May 20 Tornadoes Stories
- Oklahoma tornadoes: President Barack Obama pledges federal aid: 'There are homes and schools to rebuild'
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Power restored at Oklahoma City water plant
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Insurance companies set up in Moore, in it for the long haul
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Moore storm leaves shattered storefronts, job losses
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Survivor rides out tornado in doomed Moore school
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Social media used to warn, find information
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Central Oklahoma builder has rebuilt before in Moore
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Backers of Oklahoma museum projects withdraw funding requests
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Acts of kindness are seen as businesses, others donate
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Realtors look for housing for Oklahoma tornado victims
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Price gouging law is in effect in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma tornadoes: State attorney general advises donors to be aware in helping with relief effort
- Food Dude: Deadly Oklahoma tornadoes make it tough to think about cooking out
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Video: Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert to perform "Over You" in honor of Oklahoma on "The Voice" tonight; Swon Brothers contending on tonight's show
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Area's restaurant community steps up to support relief efforts
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OKenergybeat .@EIAgov links sharp increase in #oil production to Oklahoma, four other states. LINK (via @rigzone)
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OKenergybeat Most Oklahoma #energy facilities were unaffected by tornado. LINK (via @reuters)
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OKenergybeat .@Shell exec calls for collaboration, innovation to meet #energy needs. LINK (via @OGJonline)
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RichardMize GOT QUOTED in @USATODAY -- LOL, of *course* there's a cow reference: Tornado Alley: It could be anywhere LINK
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NewsOKSports Oklahoma City Thunder: What does drafting 12th mean? LINK (via @BerryTramel)
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OKenergybeat .@Chesapeake chairman Archie Dunham buys $9.4M in company stock. LINK on @NewsOK
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jaclyncosgrove Starting the day at a drop-off site that a Lawton church started. Random guy just dropped off a guitar. Left a note -- "South Florida ha ...
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NewsOKPolitics Politics Blog: More Than 1,000 Oklahomans Have Sought Assistance as FEMA Beefs Up in Oklahoma LINK
Today 09:43:25 AM -
WILLIAMCRUM Channel 9 reports Plaza Tower search has ended with no new victims. #OKC
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