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Oklahoma tornadoes: 'All I could do was sit there and hold her'
News | Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Huddled together in a bathtub, Laurinda Vargyas held her baby girl and 4-year-old girl tight as the tornado began shaking apart their south Oklahoma City home Monday.
“We ducked for cover. And the next thing you know, we got whooshed away,” she said.
Her baby, Sydnee, and daughter, Karrina, were pulled from her. They did not survive.
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Erin and Ryan Edwards, of Tulsa, never expected to sell 2,500 necklaces overnight. But that's what happened when they designed their “Love for Oklahoma” necklace. On Wednesday, the couple presented the American Red Cross a check for more than $111,000.
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rmedleyokc Woman rescued from vehicle stuck in high water and a building roof collapsed in Mustang in storm Thursday. It is headed to Oklahoma City
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rmedleyokc Firefighters in Mustang have rescued a woman from a vehicle at SW 59 and Mustang Road, LINK
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BAMOK Please be careful and weather-aware out there, central Oklahomans! #flashfloodwarning #anotherstormyday #prayforoklahoma
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pmonies Weather equivalent of a doctor's note? TV weather guy says not to go to work right now. #okwx #flashflood
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pmonies You snooze, you lose. Moved my car to car port of vacant house down the street. I figure it's 1st-come, 1st served. #nogarage #okwx #hail
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rmedleyokc Strong storms with golfball size hail moving into OKC from the west. LINK
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