90 Feared Dead in U.S. Tornado Attack

{{A devastating, mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, killing at least 51 people—including 20 children—decimating homes, businesses and a pair of elementary schools in the suburb of Moore.}}

According to the state’s medical examiner, the death toll was expected to rise. About 40 bodies were expected to be transported to the medical examiner’s office overnight.

The schools—Plaza Towers Elementary and Briarwood Elementary—were leveled by the tornado.

It was unclear how many children were in them at the time the twister hit, but according to KFOR-TV, at least seven children died at Plaza Towers, and as many as two dozen more were feared to be trapped inside the rubble.

A photo Journalist saw rescue workers pull several children out alive. A makeshift triage center was set up in the school’s parking lot.

Emergency officials urged people to remain off the roads so rescue workers and first responders could reach people potentially trapped in rubble, as the National Guard was called in to help in the search for victims.

Three people were killed at a 7-Eleven in the path of the storm, CBS’ KWTV reported, including a man, woman and baby who took cover in a freezer but didn’t survive. KFOR reported a fourth person was killed there.

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