General News Massive Tornado hits Oklahoma City and suburbs

Oh yeah it's pretty nasty right now. I'm just chilling in my front room waiting for it.

 

I've been watching this on CNN.. the amount of damage is just massive. There were 2 schools in the path as well as multiple business. I'm keeping the people of Oklahoma City in my thoughts..

 

Two dead from yesterdays storms and another is hitting right now. Stridenttube be careful.

 

Looks like its going to hit south of us by just a few miles. Business as usual.

 

they are reporting than at a school in moore, 4-6th grades are all accounted for, but the k-3rd grades arent.

 

My mom was driving from work to pick me up from school early because of the storms, and a frickin tornado formed above her. She stopped the car watched as a tree was uprooted and her car shook, she though she was going to die. When she picked me up she was hysterical and I was like CALM DOWN ITS OK. Nothing like this has ever happened its nuts. We went and got in the our closet/shelter but it passed over fine and we are just watching the news now. It's all good where I'm at!

 

This is bad. This is like worse then the may 3 tornado. This is insane. 2 and a half miles wide. I've never seen anything like this.

 

I'm watching channel 4. The school is gone. 30 square miles of complete devastation.

 

I've heard that there are 10 confirmed dead so far. That number is expected to increase though.

Update: The number has now officially risen to 37.

 

It's not much but my thoughts are out to the families...good luck and please be careful

Foxface

 

At least 20 of the 51 confirmed dead are children. This is so sad.

 

Another update. There are now 90 people confirmed dead. This now tops the number of people killed in all of tornado season last year.

 

this is unbelievable! Didn't they also have a major tornado here in 1999? That and the OK City Bombing....never living in THAT city! so sad...

 

My prayers are with the people who lost their lives in that tragedy. 91 dead, including more than twenty children, thousands homeless, possibly hundreds of millions to be spent to repair the damage caused.

But I have to say, that tornado, which happens to be 1.6km is indeed massive. I can't understand how children were left in school when they should have been evacuated along with their families before it struck, as that thing was clearly very dangerous! Terrible tragedy.