g*q
发帖数: 26623 | 1 确认死亡人数由51人下调为24人
Oklahoma lowers tornado death toll amid frantic search
MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Emergency workers searched for survivors in the
rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a
powerful tornado, but officials on Tuesday sharply lowered the number of
deaths caused by the storm.
The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office said 24 bodies had been
recovered from the wreckage of Monday's storm, down from the 51 they had
reported earlier. The earlier number likely reflected some double-counted
deaths, said Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer for the medical
examiner.
The 2-mile (3-km) wide tornado tore through Moore outside Oklahoma City on
Monday afternoon, trapping victims beneath the rubble. One elementary school
took a direct hit and another was destroyed.
Thunderstorms and lightning slowed the rescue effort on Tuesday, but
officials lowered the number of bodies recovered.
"We have got good news. The number right now is 24," Elliot said. "There was
a lot of chaos."
She said additional bodies could yet be recovered.
Firefighters from more than a dozen fire departments worked all night under
bright spotlights trying to find survivors at Plaza Towers Elementary School
, which took a direct hit. Rescuers were sent from other states to join the
search.
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering
federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in Moore after the
deadliest U.S. tornado since 161 people were killed in Joplin, Missouri, two
years ago.
The White House said Obama would make a statement on the Oklahoma tornado at
10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT).
"The whole city looks like a debris field," Glenn Lewis, the mayor of Moore,
told NBC.
"It looks like we have lost our hospital. I drove by there a while ago and
it's pretty much destroyed," Lewis said.
There was an outpouring of grief on Plaza Towers' Facebook page, with
messages from around the country including one pleading simply: "Please find
those little children."
The National Weather Service assigned the twister a preliminary ranking of
EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, meaning the second most powerful category
of tornado with winds up to 200 mph.
SCHOOL TRAGEDY
U.S. Representative Tom Cole, who lives in Moore, said the Plaza Tower
school was the most secure and structurally strong building in the area.
"And so people did the right thing, but if you're in front of an F4 or an F5
there is no good thing to do if you're above ground. It's just tragic," he
said on MSNBC TV.
At least 60 of the 240 people injured were children, hospital officials said.
Witnesses said Monday's tornado appeared more fierce than the giant twister
that was among the dozens that tore up the area on May 3, 1999, killing more
than 40 people and destroying thousands of homes. That tornado ranked as an
EF5 tornado with wind speeds of more than 200 mph.
The 1999 tornado ranks as the third-costliest tornado in U.S. history,
having caused more than $1 billion in damage at the time, or more than $1.3
billion in today's dollars. Only the devastating Joplin and Tuscaloosa
tornadoes in 2011 were more costly. | s**********e
发帖数: 33562 | | g*q
发帖数: 26623 | | c******k
发帖数: 8998 | 4 昨晚美国媒体说的都是51，今天一早只有24了.昨天说有20个小孩丧生，今天只有7个了。
这个统计也太毛糙了。他们的解释是有的人被count了2次，20->7其实是接近平均每人3
次。
【在 g*q 的大作中提到】
: 此前的报道说,死亡人数 至 少 91人
| r*****2
发帖数: 2682 | | w*********r
发帖数: 42116 | 6 昨天非常混乱，很多去救援的人是附近的居民，估计死亡人数很多都是根据小孩子或者
老师说的，但没有见到尸体，当然会很多了。64的时候，一个宿舍6个人，个个回来说
其他人都死了，就回来我一个，死亡人数是5个还是0个？
了。
人3
【在 c******k 的大作中提到】
: 昨晚美国媒体说的都是51，今天一早只有24了.昨天说有20个小孩丧生，今天只有7个了。
: 这个统计也太毛糙了。他们的解释是有的人被count了2次，20->7其实是接近平均每人3
: 次。
| b*******8
发帖数: 37364 | 7 掉下来摔死的
被东西砸死的
被吹倒一头撞在柱子上死的
等等等等
都不能算是死于龙卷风
龙卷风根本不能杀人
好比当年美军只要是会战地医院呆了一秒中
都不算死于敌人之手
美帝V5！ |
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