Moore: Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction.
At least one family took refuge in a bathtub and some people shut themselves in underground shelters built into their houses when the powerful storm tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday.
While rescue workers and body-sniffing dogs sifted through the ruins on Wednesday, those who escaped told their stories of survival while trying to salvage what was left of their belongings.
"Yesterday I was numb. Today I cried a lot. Now I'm on the victory side of it," said Beth Vrooman, who hid in a shelter in her garage in Moore during the storm....
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07:21 AM, May 23, 2013
Barack Obama on Tuesday offered condolences for the victims of a deadly tornado in Oklahoma and pledged to focus the nation's resources on recovery and rebuilding. ...
08:39 AM, May 22, 2013
Washington: As rescuers searched for survivors of Monday's devastating tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs, authorities revised the death toll down to 24 from 91. Nine of the fatalities are children. The Monday afternoon storm carved a trail through the area as much as two miles wide and 17 miles long, CNN reported citing officials. Hardest hit was Moore, Oklahoma - a suburban town of...
07:24 AM, May 22, 2013
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered condolences for the victims of a deadly tornado in Oklahoma and pledged to focus the nation's resources on recovery and rebuilding. "As a nation, our full focus right now is on the urgent work of rescue and the hard work of recovery and rebuilding that lies ahead," he said at the White House. "Yesterday I spoke with Governor (Mary) Fallin to make...
06:08 AM, May 22, 2013
The tornado, over a mile wide, ripped through the US city of Oklahoma with winds of up to 320 km/h. ...
02:08 PM, May 21, 2013
The tornado, over a mile wide, ripped through the area with winds of up to 320 km/h. ...
12:31 PM, May 21, 2013
Washington: Over 90 people, including 20 children, were killed after a monstrous tornado ripped through the US city of Oklahoma, flattening entire neighbourhoods, crushing two elementary schools and turning the area into a war-zone. The tornado, over a mile wide, ripped through the area on Monday with winds of up to 320 km/h. Worst hit was Moore, south of the city, where neighbourhoods were flattened and two elementary schools destroyed....
11:57 AM, May 21, 2013
The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here is a list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900: -...
10:58 AM, May 21, 2013
Moore (Oklahoma): A massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people with winds of up to 200 miles per hour (320 kph) that flattened entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital, leaving a wake of tangled wreckage. Rescue workers raced against the setting sun to find survivors in Oklahoma as the dangerous storm system threatened as many as 10...
08:16 AM, May 21, 2013
Edmond: One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City. Reports of injuries in the mobile home park near Shawnee about 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City couldn't immediately be confirmed. A storm spotter has told the National Weather Service that the tornado "scoured" the landscape in the park and an...
07:03 AM, May 20, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Rain and thundershower are likely to lash many parts of coastal Odisha and some other areas under the impact of the cyclonic storm 'Mahasen', centred about 760 km south of Paradip on Tuesday, Meteorological Centre said. The cyclonic storm over the south-east Bay of Bengal moved northwards and lay centred near latitude 13.50 N and longitude 85.50 E, about 760 km south of the port town of Paradip, the...
11:32 AM, May 15, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Even as the IMD made it clear that the cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' would have no major impact on the state as it would move towards Bangladesh-Myanmar coast, Odisha government on Monday put 10 coastal districts under alert for meeting any eventuality. "According to the present predictions, the system is not likely to have larger impact to Odisha state. However, the Collectors of the coastal and nearby districts have been...
08:55 PM, May 13, 2013
Chennai: The latest satellite cloud imageries received by the Met office in Chennai indicate that the cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' lay about 850 km southeast of Chennai in the Bay of Bengal. "It would move initially northwest-wards during the 36 hours from 7 pm today and recurve thereafter northeast-wards towards Bangaladesh-Myanmar coast," met officials said on Sunday. The forecast for the 36-hours predicts that rain or thundershowers would occur at a...
10:59 PM, May 12, 2013
London: Actress Halle Berry, who is expecting a child with her French fiance Olivier Martinez, has assured fans that she will still be reprising her role as mutant superhero in 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' despite her pregnancy. Berry, 42, said she will be less involved in action scenes due to her growing baby bump in the next instalment of the X-Men franchise, which is due to begin filming later...
10:11 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Jackson (Mississippi): A powerful storm has unleashed tornadoes and peeled the roofs from homes in the US Deep South and heaped snow on the Midwest, killing three people and leaving thousands without power as it moved up the East Coast. Emergency officials said on Friday that one person was killed by a tornado in Mississippi. In Missouri, a utility worker repairing power lines was electrocuted, and a woman in Nebraska...
07:51 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Hyderabad: Six persons have died in unseasonal rain in Andhra Pradesh in the past 48 years. Twenty-three persons have also been injured as rain and hailstorms hit Telangana and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh. The other majorly affected districts include Hyderabad, RangaReddy, Nizamabad and Medak. The rainfall caused crop damages in 17,925 hectares while 350 houses also suffered damage. The Met department has warned that thunder squall may occur in...
09:56 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Mahesh Bhatt, who had written and directed celebrated films like 'Arth' and 'Zakhm' based on his own life, is set to pen another biopic -- this one based on the passionate 40-year-long relationship between legendary musician Bhupen Hazarika and filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, who will direct it. ...
07:24 PM, Mar 12, 2013
A winter storm marched into the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, dumping nearly two feet of snow in some places and knocking out power to about 250,000 homes and businesses. It largely spared the nation's capital, which was expecting much worse and had all but shut down. ...
04:06 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Washington was due to be hit by heavy, wet snow on Wednesday as a fierce snowstorm headed east after blanketing the Midwestern United States, snarling traffic and causing hundreds of flight cancellations. ...
10:57 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Actress Halle Berry has confirmed she will reprise her role as Storm in the latest 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'. The Oscar-winning actress will play Storm in the Bryan Singer-directed mutant movie, and she can't wait to don her superhero outfit once again, reports contactmusic.com. ...
12:11 PM, Mar 05, 2013
