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As the school day was ending, parents in the Oklahoma City
suburb of Moore were forced to make an impossible calculation – rush to schools
to gather up their children and risk being caught in the open, or trust that
the reinforced walls of the school buildings would shelter them.
A tornado was coming, one that may be the most destructive
to ever strike the United States. There would be little respite.
The death toll from the savage tornado that hit Moore on the
southern fringe of Oklahoma City has been revised down to 24 people, including
nine children.
A spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Examiners Office, Amy
Elliot, made the announcement just after 11am local time, as recovery and
rescue efforts continued across the path of the disaster.
Ms Elliot said last night’s death toll of 51 may have
included some who were double counted during the confusion of the early stages
of the recover, while difficulties with communications could have made things
worse.The New York Times had reported that the death toll was
going to reach 90.
The tornado injured at least 237 people, demolished three
schools and thousands of homes as it carved a swathe over 35 kilometres long
over a terrifying 40 minutes on Monday afternoon local time.
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