Major Disaster

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Name: Major Disaster

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 4 reports

Wait for tornado survivors

THE search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado.Moore fire chief Gary Bird said he is "98 per cent sure" there are no more survivors or bodies to recover under the rubble in his ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado, Oklahoma City, Major Disaster, Hiroshima

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Right now, focus is where it should be: on the victims

Others, too, are already stepping up, and more will in the days and weeks to come. President Barack Obama declared a major disaster and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.At least 24 people were killed, including at least ... [Published Modesto Bee - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Major Disaster, Sandy Hook Elementary School, first responders, Oklahoma City, Supplement

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 reports

Moore Tornado Shows Federal Disaster Aid Must Be Reformed

The images and descriptions of the devastation caused by the tornados in Oklahoma are heartbreaking dozens of people killed, homes destroyed and a community struggling to salvage what is left in the wake of the storm.Disasters like this bring out the ... [Published US News & World Report - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Disaster, Tornado, emergency, Federal, Major Disaster

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 14 reports

US Department of Homeland Security

US Homeland Security Secretary to Survey Tornado Response

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano travels to Oklahoma on Wednesday to assess recovery efforts in the city of Moore, where a devastating tornado killed at least 24 people and injured 240 others.Napolitano's department includes the Federal ... [Published VOA News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Tornado, US Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Oklahoma (United States)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 5 reports

Barack Obama

Obama declares major disaster, as Oklahoma tornadoes kills 91

The U.S. President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in Oklahoma after deadly tornadoes struck the state on Sunday and Monday and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, the White House said on Monday.The White House said ... [Published China Economic Net - May 22 2013]

Entities: Major Disaster, Tornado, Barack Obama, White House

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Tom Cole

Oklahoma tornadoes: President Barack Obama pledges federal aid: 'There are homes and schools to rebuild'

President approves major disaster declaration to help people who lost their homes and businesses, while members of Congress say all necessary support will be provided to Oklahoma. WASHINGTONThe president also dispatched key federal officials to the state ... [Published NewsOK.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Oklahoma (United States), Tornado, Tom Cole

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 7 reports

Red Cross/Crescent

Local Red Cross Volunteers Prepared to Deploy to Oklahoma to Help with Relief Efforts

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Search and rescue efforts continue Tuesday in Oklahoma after what has been confirmed as an EF5 tornado ripped through parts of the state.Volunteers from across the nation are coming together to help victims and first responders. ... [Published 41 NBC - May 21 2013]

Entities: Red Cross/Crescent, American Red Cross, Fundraising, Major Disaster, SEARCH AND RESCUE

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 23 reports

After the Tornado in Oklahoma

?The people of Moore should know that their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them as long as it takes,? President Obama said Tuesday morning, as crews were still sifting through the wreckage left by a tornado whose size and scope? ... [Published New Yorker - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Barack Obama, Craig Fugate

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 5 reports

Major tornado hits Oklahoma City

Home World NewsA tornado reaching a speed of up to 320 km wreaked havoc in US state of Oklahoma city, killing at least 51 and leveling neighborhoodsNEW YORK - The US state Oklahoma City was hit by a monster tornado, which killed at least 51, 20 of whom ... [Published Turkish Press - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Oklahoma City, Home World Group, Major Disaster

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 8 reports

In Moore, Oklahoma, parents desperately seeki...

The direct-hit by the estimated EF4 twister on Plaza Towers Elementary School left at least seven of the youngsters there dead after pipes burst in a basement and they drowned.While other students remain missing, authorities have said that, at this point, ... [Published New York Daily News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tayra, Tornado, Major Disaster, Mary Fallin

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 35 reports

Tornadoes Kill 91 in Oklahoma, Moore Declared a Major Disaster Area

A two mile wide tornado devastated a suburb of Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, leveling significant sections of Moore, killing 24 people, 20 of whom were children, and injuring 230 more. The Oklahoma City medical examiner said that the death ... [Published JD Journal.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Major Disaster, Oklahoma (United States), Oklahoma City

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 26 reports

Rescuers scramble after US tornado

Oklahoma City - US rescue teams scoured a shattered suburb for survivors on Tuesday after a giant tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least two dozen people, including nine children.State medical examiner's office spokesperson ... [Published News24.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Oklahoma City, Barack Obama

Quotes

"CAIR-Oklahoma will coordinate with disaster officials to help facilitate the Muslim community's role in the recovery effort" said the chapter's Executive Director Adam Soltani

US Muslims Aid Tornado Victims [Published IslamOnline NET - 1 hour ago]

"The crops are looking real good," Blake said. "Everything is in bloom right nowwe're not out of the woods entirely, but we're looking good right now."

Local orchards see little damage to fruit crops [Published Romeo Observer - 1 hour ago]

"No trees, no houses, nothing," he said. "These are the safe houses they started to build after the tornado."

1999 OK tornado turns local man into life-long volunteer [Published WZZM 13 - 2 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Families Return To Neighborhoods Devastated By ... [Published Clusterstock - 21 hours ago] Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people. Passengers flying into Oklahoma City could see the track left by nature's ...
Tornado in Oklahoma – Hopes for Rescues, and We... [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - May 21 2013] It was with a heavy heart that all of us here at the American Security Project watched news of the devastating tornado in Oklahoma. We are encouraged by news reports revising down the death tolls, and we hope that more lives are saved. Yet again, we ...
Sen. Inhofe: Aid for Oklahoma ‘totally differen... [Published Raw Story - May 21 2013] Topics: james inhofe ♦ Kris Jansing ♦ tom coburnLike Raw Story on FacebookSen. James Inhofe (R-OK) seemed to contradict his colleague Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) stance on Tuesday on federal assistance for victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado, suggesting ...
Obama: Nation Will Stand With Oklahoma “As Long... [Published Swampland - May 21 2013] A day after a tornado turned an Oklahoma City suburb into a war zone and killing at least two dozen, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the nation’s prayers are with the people of Moore, Okla. and that the federal government will help residents ...
Search and rescue continues after Oklahoma torn... [Published Daily Kos - May 21 2013] The search for survivors of Monday's massive tornado continues in Oklahoma, with crews searching destroyed buildings and vehicles:The official death toll stood at 51 Tuesday morning, but it was sure to rise. A coroner's office official said some 40 ...

Audio/Video

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President Obama declares Okla. a major disaster [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 21 2013]
Obama declares OK major disaster [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 21 2013]
Obama orders federal aid to OK [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 21 2013]

Press Releases

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UPDATE: Freddie Mac Immediately Extends Mortgag... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 21 2013]
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Freddie Mac Extends Evictions, Foreclosure Susp... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 31 2013]
METAIR POWER ANNOUNCES WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL MO... [Published CisionWire - English - Jan 07 2013]