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17 May 2024

Frightening devastation of Oklahoma tornado

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A Harley Davidson motorcycle is salvaged from rubble after a powerful tornado ripped through the neighborhood. (AFP)

A torando devastated neighbourhood is pictured on late in Moore, Oklahoma. Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City. (AFP)

Volunteers from Mercy Chefs prepare food for tornado victims. (AFP)

An enderly man rests at his tornado devastated home in Moore, Oklahoma. (AFP)

Standy Stewart (C) and her pregnant daughter-in-law Robyn Rojas have their dinner at what left of their tornado devastated home. (AFP)

A man salvage stuffs from his grandmother's tornado devastated home. (AFP)

A woman salvages memorable from her tornado devastated home. (AFP)

Antonio Flores of Moore, Okla. searches for his car after a tornado damaged the Moore Medical Center and the vehicles in the parking lot in Moore, Okla. (AP)

Emergency crews recover a body from the 7-11 store at the corner of Telephone Road and SW 4th Street after a tornado in Moore. (AP)

Plaza Towers Elementary School after it was hit by a massive tornado in Moore. (AP)

Workers continue to dig through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a tornado moved through Moore. (AP)

Workers walk past the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a tornado moved through Moore. (AP)

A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile (.8 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP)

Moore Medical center in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP)

Glenn Rusk hugs his neighbor Sherie Loman outside her home north of Briarwood Elementary School after a tornado moved through the area, in Moore. (AP)

A tornado moves past homes in Moore, Okla. (AP)

Rescuers search through rubble after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. (REUTERS)

A law enforcement official stands in the yard of a damaged home after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. (REUTERS)

Damaged cars are seen in the parking lot of Moore Hospital after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. (REUTERS)

Rescue workers help free one of 15 people trapped in a medical building at the Moore hospital complex after a tornado tore through the area of Moore, Oklahoma. (REUTERS)