The networks' morning shows led Tuesday's broadcasts with coverage of the devastation wrought in Moore, Okla., by the two-mile-wide tornado that ripped through the town the afternoon before, killing at least 24 and injuring some 145. NBC's Today show dispatched Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Willie Geist and Natalie Morales to the scene to survey the damage, interview survivors and get updates on recovery efforts from Moore mayor Glenn Lewis, among others. The program had planned to broadcast from Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, but the team diverted the trip to cover the developing story in Oklahoma. Morales
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- 5/21/2013
- by Erin Carlson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As Monday turned into Tuesday, the Oklahoma town of Moore, a community of 41,000 people 10 miles south of Oklahoma City, braced for another long, harrowing day following the monstrous tornado that struck mid-afternoon Monday and laid the town to waste, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. "As long as we are here ... we are going to hold out hope that we will find survivors," said Trooper Betsy Randolph, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. While the medical examiner's office officially reported 24 dead Tuesday morning, more than 120 people are being treated at hospitals, including about 50 children.
- 5/21/2013
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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