Oklahoma News, Sports & Weather
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.Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
MOORE — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.Oklahoma tornado victims identified
The state medical examiner released Wednesday the names of 16 of the 24 people who died in the Moore tornado. Ten children, including two infants, were among the dead.
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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
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- Oklahoma tornadoes: Insurance companies set up in Moore, in it for the long haul
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- Oklahoma tornadoes: Survivor rides out tornado in doomed Moore school
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Social media used to warn, find information
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Backers of Oklahoma museum projects withdraw funding requests
- Oklahoma tornadoes: Acts of kindness are seen as businesses, others donate
- 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
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julianakeeping To @cityofmoore talk of filing FOIA for preferential arrangements with other outlets. Let's just do what is right instead. Let us in.
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NewsOKSports Thunder beat writer @DarnellMayberry is chatting now. Get your questions in here: LINK
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OKenergybeat Graphic: #KeystoneXL more than a pipeline. LINK (via @nationaljournal)
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julianakeeping To @cityofmoore local media need to report from devastated area under authority of 1st Amendment. How can we move forward together?
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OKenergybeat Find all of @TheOklahoman/@NewsOK's #tornado coverage here: LINK #okwx (via @Tiffanyg89)
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NewsOKPolitics Post Edited: Altus Air Force Base to House First Formal Training Unit for New Tanker LINK
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WILLIAMCRUM Antonia Canderaria, 9; Kyle Davis, 8; Janae Hornsby, 9; Sydney Angle, 9, Emily Conatzer, 9; Nicolas McCabe, 9, Christopher Legg, 9. #OKC
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NewsOKPolitics Post Edited: Altus Air Force Base Loses Bid to Be Main Site for New Tankers LINK
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ryaber OSSAA will replace state tournament related trophies, plaques, medals & shirts lost to tornado #OKPreps
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jaclyncosgrove I just found out Anderson Cooper is a faster walker than I am. Hi CNN.
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NewsOKPolitics New post: Altus Air Force Base Loses Bid to Be Main Site for New Tankers LINK
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stevelackmeyer . @ptjackson Isnt that also dictating how people spend money, invest in their private property? Moore mayor is talking new home construction
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stevelackmeyer . @ptjackson Should cities dictate how hot water heaters are installed in homes? Should cities dictate whether cars can be parked on lawns?
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OKenergybeat #Fracking proves $30 billion-a-year boon to waste disposal industry. LINK (via @NOLAnews)
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TheOklahoman Newsroom meeting to talk about storm coverage and tomorrow's paper. LINK
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stevelackmeyer Mayor of tornado-ravaged town: New law needed to keep people safe LINK @mickcornett - what say you?
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OKenergybeat .@Deloitte: #Shale's #oilandgas potential increasingly apparent. LINK (via @OGJonline)
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OKenergybeat Oklahoma ME's office just released list of #tornado victims: 24, including 10 children. One still unidentified. #OKwx
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