Oklahoma tornado kills at least 24

Agencies Published May 21, 2013
Police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School. —AP Photo
Police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School. —AP Photo
Two girls stand in the rubble. —Reuters Photo
Two girls stand in the rubble. —Reuters Photo
A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School. —AP Photo
A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School. —AP Photo
This aerial photo shows damage to Moore Medical Center after it was hit by the massive tornado. —AP Photo
This aerial photo shows damage to Moore Medical Center after it was hit by the massive tornado. —AP Photo
People react in front of the Plaza Towers Elementary school. —AP Photo
People react in front of the Plaza Towers Elementary school. —AP Photo
A woman searches inside a room left standing at the back of her house destroyed after a powerful tornado ripped through the area. —AFP Photo
A woman searches inside a room left standing at the back of her house destroyed after a powerful tornado ripped through the area. —AFP Photo
A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School. —AP Photo
A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School. —AP Photo
A woman holds stray kittens she found in the debris of her parents' home. —AP Photo
A woman holds stray kittens she found in the debris of her parents' home. —AP Photo
A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City. —AP Photo
A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City. —AP Photo
Rescue workers help free one of the 15 people that were trapped at a medical building at the Moore hospital complex after a tornado tore through the area. —Reuters Photo
Rescue workers help free one of the 15 people that were trapped at a medical building at the Moore hospital complex after a tornado tore through the area. —Reuters Photo
Onlookers watch as children are pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School. —AP Photo
Onlookers watch as children are pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School. —AP Photo
A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the area. —AP Photo
A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the area. —AP Photo

A massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 91 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. —Photos by Agencies

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