OKC Tornado Update: 200 Rescuers Worked Through The Night Searching For Survivors--Time Running Out
Editor’s note: Most recent figures put death toll at 91. Figures will change as rescuers search more sites.
US Air Force Airman First Class Justin Acord sifts through the rubble of his father-in-law’s home. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA
Summary
Here’s a summary of where things stand:
• The Oklahoma medical examiner’s office has confirmed 24 deaths from Monday’s tornado, including 9 children. Seven of those children died at Plaza Towers elementary school. Governor Mary Fallin said 237 people were injured in the storm. Rescue crews were still searching for survivors and the casualty numbers were expected to change.
• President Obama declared a state of emergency in the region Monday night, and Fema director Craig Fugate is in Moore to direct the federal response to the disaster. The Moore Fire Department is heading up the local search and rescue effort. An emergency crew of 200 rescuers worked through the night. Crews expected to have completed three passes through every disaster scene by nightfall.
• The Moore public schools superintendent said all area schools carried out emergency plans to shelter in place during the storm.A focus of rescue activity was at Plaza Towers school, which was flattened. The school lacked a “safe room,” officials said, as did neighboring Briarwood elementary, also destroyed. Although rescue efforts continue, officials were not aware of any missing students, and no survivors had been found at Plaza Towers school on Tuesday.
• The tornado left a track 17 miles long across Moore and the neighboring community of Newcastle. At points the track of the storm is said to be a mile wide. Winds from the storm reached 190mph, according to the national weather service.
• Volunteers from across the region converged on Moore to help with the rescue effort. Prodigious donations of water and food, shelter and services came in. Local water service was expected to return to full capacity by day’s end. An emergency insurance claims site was set up. Those in need of aid were asked to call (800) 621-FEMA. Donations can be made to the Red Cross. MOREHERE
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