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Moore Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Revised

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:23:56 +0000

MOORE, Okla. (AP) _ The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm

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Superstorm Sandy Death Toll Now 55

Associated Press — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:52:14 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — The death toll from superstorm Sandy is now at least 55 people along the Atlantic Coast.

Meanwhile, communities are slowly recovering from the storm.

In hard-hit New York City, hundreds of thousands of customers are still without electricity, but buses are running and Wall Street is reopening this morning

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Baby Dropped In Field By Tornadoes Dies; Toll At 39

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:32:30 +0000

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When rescuers found 15-month-old Angel Babcock alive last week in an Indiana field after a deadly tornado killed her parents and two siblings, it appeared as a ray of hopeful news amid the tales of death and destruction

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Hurricane Irene Aftermath — At Least 44 Dead and Millions Without Power [VIDEO]

Jade Walker — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:11:05 +0000

Cleanup efforts have begun in communities that were devastated by Hurricane Irene over the weekend. Although trucks and supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are en route, access to some areas has been cut off by floodwaters that washed out or damaged roads and bridges.

“Irene was gonna land somewhere. We’re not Manhattan, our small streams quickly became big rivers,” Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin told The Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer. “We’ve lost churches, homes and historic bridges. But we will rebuild.”

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