Tornado death toll substantially lowered

[cali]

some good news.

Officials lowered the death toll to two dozen this morning as emergency crews continued to search feverishly for survivors in the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a powerful Monday afternoon tornado.

Officials in Oklahoma City said on Tuesday that 24 bodies were recovered after a 2-mile wide tornado tore through Moore, a sharp decline from the 51 deaths they previously reported.

"We have got good news. The number right now is 24," said Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer at the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office. The prior figure of 51 dead may have included some double-reported casualties, Elliott said.


"There was a lot of chaos," Elliott said.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oklahoma-city-tornado-20130520,0,7920720.story

[winter is coming]

1. Thanks! I hadn't heard that yet. n/t

[zerosumgame0005]

2. bad enough

but what really gets me is how many are kids and teachers who SHOULD have had a real shelter to run to instead of a monster goddammed POS STADIUM!