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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.


Tuesday: Photos of the...

After the tornado: May 21 photos
Tornado damage in Moore Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Tuesday: Aerial photos

Aerial photos of May 20 tornado in Moore, Okla.
Tornado damage in Moore Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Oklahoma tornado: Rescue teams continue search for victims

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Search and rescue teams were combing through a massive tornado debris field for second and third times Tuesday as they continued to search for victims and survivors in Moore and south Oklahoma City.


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Monday: AP photos


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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.

OKC Thunder's Kevin Durant donates $1 million to tornado relief efforts

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Kevin Durant is doing what he can to help. The Oklahoma City Thunder star has donated $1 million to the American Red Cross for disaster relief, according to Red Cross Oklahoma. Durant on Monday encouraged his Twitter followers to...

Oklahoma energy companies contribute more than $6.5 million to relief efforts

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Several of Oklahoma's largest energy companies have pledged more than $6 million to aid in disaster relief efforts after deadly tornadoes struck the state.


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

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Stories of Survival

The Oklahoman's Carrie Coppernoll has talked to a number of families who were effected by the May 20th storm and she shares some of their stories.

Reporter walks entire Moore tornado perimeter

Oklahoman reporter Jonathan Sutton gives his perspective on the aftermath of the Moore tornado.

Kevin Durant asks Oklahomans to match $1 million donation to help in disaster relief efforts

The American Red Cross has been on the ground helping Oklahomans following the deadly tornados. Find out how you can join with Kevin Durant to help those in need.

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.


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