Tornado Disaster In Oklahoma City -- News Update

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Worst in memory: This detailed map of downtown Moore, Oklahoma, locates the path of Monday's devastating tornado and compares it to the path of the 1999 tornado, which had the most powerful winds ever recorded

Up To TWENTY-FOUR Children Feared Dead In Rubble Of Flattened Elementary School After Giant TWO-MILE Tornado Rips Through Densely-Populated Suburb Of Oklahoma City -- Daily Mail

* Two entire schools flattened in Moore, Oklahoma after monster tornado touched down just after 3pm local time
* Up to two dozen children are trapped under debris at one of the schools, Plaza Towers Elementary
* At least 51 people confirmed dead, authorities say, and at least another 145 injured in local hospitals
* Children told to hold on to the walls, while teachers shielding the students with their bodies
* Hundreds of homes wiped out and more than 8,000 people left without power after up to 200 mph winds pulverized a 30-square-mile stretch
* Reports of looting in the medical center severely damaged by the storm
* The devastating tornado was larger than 1999 storm in the area that left 36 people dead
* More tornadoes now heading east towards Meaker, Ryan and Wilson in Oklahoma

Rescuers have uncovered the bodies of seven children who drowned in a pool of water under the flattened Plaza Towers Elementary School and up to 24 more students are feared dead after a two mile-wide tornado touched down in a highly-populated suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday.

Search teams on site had reported hearing cries for help from beneath the rubble at the elementary school that was obliterated in the worst storm the area of Moore has ever seen but the screams reportedly stopped at around 6:30 p.m. Shortly after, it was reported that the search and rescue mission had become a recovery mission with scores of little ones feared buried under the rubble. Some of these, however, had reportedly been found in churches and triage centers since, though it's unclear how many.

The monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs obliterating entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph pulverizing a 30-square-mile stretch. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.

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My Comment: Our prayers are with those who lost loved ones in yesterday's tornado disaster.