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Real-time updates: Moore tornado recovery efforts, stories

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Follow tornado recovery efforts and updates here. The following briefs are from reporters, state officials and residents in the Moore area.


President Obama declares major disaster

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President Barack Obama has declared a "major disaster" in Oklahoma. At about 9:10 a.m., CDT, the president said FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate "is on his way to Oklahoma as we speak."
Transcript of President Obama's remarks on the tornado disaster

Teacher, son held hands through ordeal

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Second-grade teacher Annette Brown was with the children in the rest room and hallways of Briarwood Elementary for about 20 minutes Monday before the ceiling collapsed, pinning them to the ground.


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Crews work in Moore through the night and into the morning looking for survivors
Noon news conference planned for Tuesday in wake of Moore tornado
AP photographer sees kids pulled from Oklahoma school
Rescuers search into night for Moore schoolchildren
OHP: No Moore residents allowed back into neighborhoods overnight
Berry Tramel: 'The monster returns' How to help children cope
Chesapeake donates $1M to American Red Cross
Blue Door plans benefit shows Toby Keith reacts to devastation
Moore Tornado Lost and Found - connect with loved ones who live in Moore or might be missing


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Rare term used in Monday's devastating Oklahoma storms

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On May 3, 1999, and May 20, 2013, the rare term “tornado emergency” was used to warn the public of a dangerous, long-track tornado.

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Family reunites at Moore church, prepares to search for relatives

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A Moore family that survived the tornadoes of May 3, 1999, and May 8, 2003, reunited at First Baptist Church of Moore after another tornado on Monday.

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May 20 tornado: Tornado on the ground and aerial devastation

Video of the May 20th tornado as it passes through Moore and aerial views of the devestation it created.

Moore Press Conference Live at 12:00 pm




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May 21 tornado: Efforts continue in Moore

A day after the deadly tornado hit Oklahoma City's suburbs, clean up, recovery and rescue efforts continued.

Family rescues son 10 minutes before tornado

Chris and Jessica Lawson picked up their 8 year old son Chandler minutes before the tornado hit Plaza Towers Elementary. All three survived. Their house did not.

May 20 tornado: Weathering the storm

While their houses were decimated by a half-mile-wide tornado, residents of the neighborhoods surrounding Briarwood Elementary School are just thankful to have survived

May 20 tornado: Footage from new Plaza Towers Elementary

Footage from near 149th and Western and just south of Plaza Towers Elementary.

May 20 tornado: Moore residents share their survival story

Tammy, Linda and Terry Preston share their survival story in Moore as a deadly tornado passed.

May 20 tornado: Tornado on the ground and aerial devastation

Video of the May 20th tornado as it passes through Moore and aerial views of the devestation it created.

May 20 tornado: Salvaging items from Moore

Greg Stephens salvages items from his home in a residential area near the off Telephone Road in Moore following a deadly tornado, Monday, May 20, 2013.

May 20 tornado: Rebekah Stuck is reunited with son Aiden

Rebekah Stuck is reunited with son Aiden, who was in Briarwood Elementary when the storm hit.

May 20 tornado: Damage in Southeast Moore neighborhood

video of the damage of a neightborhood in southeast Moore.

May 20 tornado: Students at Briarwood Elementary after tornado went through

Teachers comfort students from Briarwood Elementary just after the tornado passes through.

May 20 tornado: Gov. Fallin press conference

Gov. Mary Fallin and officials spoke to the media following the May 20 tornado.

May 20 tornado: Pulled from shelter after tornado went through

Laura Atterbury was pulled from tornado shelter after tornado went through her neighborhood.

May 20 tornado: Mother is reunited with her son

Trenda Purcell is reunited with her first grade son, Kamden Purcell, after the tornado destroyed Briarwood Elementary in Moore, Okla.

May 20 tornado: Damage in Southeast Moore neighborhood

video of the damage of a neightborhood in southeast Moore.

The Play: Monday, May 20, 2013 - Tornado coverage

Kelly Dyer Fry and Alan Herzberger talk about The Oklahoman's and and NewsOK's efforts during tornado coverage.

Residents clean up in Carney from Sunday's tornado

Governor Mary Fallin visits with residents of Carney, Oklahoma as they clean up after Sunday's tornado.


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