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Teacher Names Son After 3rd-Grader Killed in Tornado

Jennifer Doan Rogers had her hand on Nicolas McCabe as wall collapsed

(Newser) - The school's wall collapsed onto Jennifer Doan Rogers as she desperately tried to protect her third-grade students as a tornado ripped through their Oklahoma City suburb on May 20. The young teacher had laid one of her hands on Nicolas McCabe, a 9-year-old with an infectious grin. But it...

Dog Kills Boy Who Survived Okla. Tornado

5-year-old's family was staying with friends

(Newser) - Tragedy has been piled upon tragedy for an unnamed Oklahoma family whose Moore home was destroyed in last month's tornado. Their 5-year-old son was killed by a dog on Sunday while he was staying with family friends in Jessieville, Arkansas, THV 11 reports. "The child was putting on...

Obama to US: Donate to Oklahoma

As he offers moral, monetary support

(Newser) - President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, today, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way." He offered moral and monetary support in the wake of the monstrous EF5 tornado that killed...

Oklahoma's Fallin: I Need to Cut Red Tape
 Oklahoma's Fallin: 
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May 26, 2013 9:16 AM CDT

Oklahoma's Fallin: I Need to Cut Red Tape

Plus, GOP did not like Obama's counterterror speech

(Newser) - With President Obama headed for her tornado-ravaged state, Okla. Gov. Mary Fallin told CNN's State of the Union today that while, "so far, we have had a great response" from the feds, she's also worried about the grinding wheels of bureaucracy in the days ahead. "What...

The Weather Is Getting More Expensive
The Weather Is Getting
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May 23, 2013 12:26 PM CDT

The Weather Is Getting More Expensive

Oklahoma tornadoes just the latest billion-dollar disaster

(Newser) - The bill from the Oklahoma tornado is now expected to top $2 billion in damages, making it the latest member of the rapidly growing billion-dollar weather-disaster club, the New Yorker observes. In a recent study, climate scientists found that billion-dollar-plus disasters (among them Hurricanes Sandy and Irene, and the 2011...

Oklahoma's Grim Task: Cleaning Up the Cemetery

First Plaza Towers funeral held for girl, 9

(Newser) - The cleanup is under way in Oklahoma, and locals are tackling the bleak task of restoring a cemetery. "We know there are going to have to be some funerals here in the next few days," says a volunteer in Moore. "We don’t want them to come...

Among the 10 Children Killed in Okla., 2 Babies

Medical examiner identifies 23 of the 24 victims

(Newser) - Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week, the Oklahoma medical examiner's office said today. The office said it has identified 23 of the 24 victims and that 10 of them were children, including seven who were...

Okla. Mayor: We'll Mandate Storm Shelters in New Homes

Says Moore will push for new law ASAP

(Newser) - The mayor of the Oklahoma city devastated by a tornado this week says he'll push for a new law requiring all new homes to be built with storm shelters or safe rooms. "We'll try to get it passed as soon as I can," the Moore mayor...

Okla. Tornado: Inside the Leveled School

Survivors recount terrifying minutes as twister hit

(Newser) - As the massive tornado hit the Plaza Towers Elementary School, "it sounded like rivets being pulled out by a monster," a teacher's assistant tells the Wall Street Journal , recounting how she and some 10 other adults huddled and tried to protect as many children as they could...

Okla. Coroner Drops Death Toll to 24

Including 7 kids, but fatalities still expected to rise

(Newser) - The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office has dramatically dropped the confirmed death toll in yesterday's horrific tornado to 24, reports the AP . A spokeswoman said that some bodies were apparently counted twice in the chaotic aftermath of the storm, and that confusion was exacerbated by knocked-out communication lines....

Tales of Tragedy, Heroism Out of Oklahoma

Teacher threw herself over kids as twister hit school

(Newser) - As frantic search and rescue efforts continued through the night in Oklahoma, officials warned that the death toll— which has been downwardly revised to 24 —from yesterday's horrific tornado was still expected to rise, CNN reports. The destruction is "the worst thing I have ever seen,"...

Oklahoma Devastation, Rescue in Pictures

AP photographer describes scene of hope amid the horror

(Newser) - The massive tornado that hit Moore, Okla., yesterday left scenes of utter devastation but there were also moments of hope as survivors were found in the rubble. AP photographer Sue Ogrocki arrived at the destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School expecting to find a scene of chaos, but instead found it...

Monster Tornado Hits Oklahoma

Schools hit as Moore is flattened

(Newser) - A two-mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City today, leveling the suburb of Moore and leaving at least 24 confirmed dead so far, reports ABC News . (The initial figure of 51 was officially revised downward later.) "It is absolutely devastating, this is horrific," Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Todd...

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