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FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs. FEMA's Craig Fugate promises in an interview that officials won't desert Oklahoma, saying "We don't leave here

FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years. It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly

Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By DAVID A. LIEBAssociated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time." Parents

'I Love You, Please Don’t Die With Me’: First-Person Tales Of Survival

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

NBCNEWS.COM - A tornado that devastated Oklahoma City's suburbs has left dozens of people dead, numerous injured and missing and countless homes destroyed. As rescue workers continue to pick through the rubble, hoping to find survivors, here are some accounts from those who did make it out.

More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

By The Associated Press A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can't blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don't know whether there will be more or fewer twisters

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm.

WATCH: Amazing Raw Video Of Moore, Oklahoma Tornado

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

To donate to the American Red Cross and help with disaster relief in Moore, Oklahoma CLICK HERE, or text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10. UPDATE: MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people,

Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and SEAN MURPHYAssociated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through