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Paul Hellstern / The Associated Press
A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City, Monday. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 320 km/h, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.CP
This Tuesday aerial photo shows, from bottom to top, the path Monday's tornado took through Moore, Okla. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.Steve Gooch / The Associated Press
This aerial photo shows damage to the Plaza Towers Elementary School after massive tornado hit Moore, Okla., Monday.This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Gooch)Steve Gooch / The Associated Press
This aerial photo shows damage to Moore Medical Center after it was hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday.Two men attempt to pry open a door on this car to check for victims in a business parking lot west of I-35 south of 4th Street in Moore, on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)Chris Landsberger / The Oklahoman
Kay James holds her cat as she sits in her driveway after her home was destroyed by the tornado that hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday in Oklahoma City, Okla.Chris Landsberger / The Oklahoman
A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday in Oklahoma City, Okla.Sue Ogrocki / The Associated Press
A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday. The relationship between the woman and the child was not immediately known. A tornado as much as a 1.6 kilometers wide with winds up to 320 km/h roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.Steve Gooch / The Associated Press
This aerial photo shows damage to Moore Medical Center after it was hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday.Alonzo Adams / The Associated Press
Holly Rictor, left, and her mother Silvia Lee walks past Silvia's tornado-ravaged home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.Charlie Riedel / The Associated Press
Heather Walker takes a photo of her tornado-ravaged car Tuesday outside the daycare where she works in Moore, Okla. Seven adults and 13 children survived the tornado by huddling in the daycare's bathroom.Michael Wyke / Tulsa World
Amber Ford, a teaching assistant, goes through the rubble of a second grade classroom she works in at the Briarwood Elementary School in Oklahoma City, Okla. Tuesday.Brad Loper / The Dallas Morning News
Christine Hammond looks through in the debris behind a friend's home along SW 6th Street in Moore, Okla. looking for personal items on Tuesday.Nate Billings / The Oklahoman
Jon Johnson, left, looks through what is remains of his home at 14716 S. Broadway with his brother Matt Johnson on Tuesday.Brennan Linsley / The Associated Press
Jimmy Hodges helps Chad Heltcel and his wife Cassidi salvage the wreckage of Chad Heltcel's family home Tuesday.Brennan Linsley / The Associated Press
A soldier walks past the wreckage, Tuesday, left when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla. Monday.Sarah Phipps / The Oklahoman
People react in front of the Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore following a deadly tornado.Brad Loper / The Dallas Morning News
Ann Friess kisses her husband, Dan, for finding part of her grandmother's silver while looking for personal items among the remains of their home along SW 6th Street in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday.Brad Loper / The Dallas Morning News
A member of Nebraska Task Force-1 walks through the debris of a home along SW 6th Street in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday.Brad Loper / The Dallas Morning News
A survivor's message is left on the side of a home on Heather Lane in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday.