At least 51 killed in Okla. tornado

The massive tornado flattened wide areas near Oklahoma City, leaving scores dead, including children.

Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.

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Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.

Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.

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Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.

A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.

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Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.

 A fire burned amid devastation in Moore, Okla., after an EF-4 tornado with winds up to 200 mph struck there.

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A fire burned amid devastation in Moore, Okla., after an EF-4 tornado with winds up to 200 mph struck there.

A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

A woman was pulled from the school.

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A woman was pulled from the school.

The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.

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The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.

Kim Schwab looked at her destroyed home in south Oklahoma City.

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Kim Schwab looked at her destroyed home in south Oklahoma City.

A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.

A woman took an injured child to a triage center.

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A woman took an injured child to a triage center.

The storm’s path south of Oklahoma City.

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The storm’s path south of Oklahoma City.

Overturned vehicles and other damage is seen.

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Overturned vehicles and other damage is seen.

Law enforcement officers arrived in Moore.

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Law enforcement officers arrived in Moore.

An image from television shows homes that were flattened outside Moore, Okla.

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An image from television shows homes that were flattened outside Moore, Okla., on Monday.

An image from television shows a tornado in the Oklahoma City area on Monday.

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The tornado was estimated to have been a mile wide.

A television showed a house on fire outside Moore, Okla.

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A house burned outside Moore, Okla.

An image shows a vehicle pile-up outside Moore, Okla.

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An image shows a vehicle pile-up outside Moore, Okla.

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