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Inside Moore Medical Center's emergency room, Dr. Stephanie Barnhart had been monitoring the weather all afternoon.

The old U.S. 62 bridge that parallels Interstate 44 will have to be demolished for safety reasons, said Larry Clore, state Transportation Department spokesman.

Debris litters what remains of a classroom at Plaza Towers Elementary School on Wednesday, May 22, after it was destroyed by a tornado that ripped through the area two days earlier in Moore, Oklahoma.

The massive tornado slammed nearly 40 homes in Newcastle on Monday. And people there are recovering, including an artist looking for a special piece of art created for an elementary destroyed in Moore.

Cleanup efforts continue Wednesday in Newcastle where dozens of homes were destroyed and 100 students checked out of school to help out.

The National Weather Service has completed its initial damage survey near the area in Moore, OK where a devastating tornado struck Monday.

On two separate occasions 24 years apart, an Oklahoma family has ducked for cover as deadly tornadoes swept right past them On two separate occasions 24 years apart, an Oklahoma family has ducked for cover as deadly tornadoes swept right past them MOORE, Okla.

NBCNEWS: Michael Welch was midshift into his job at KFC in Newcastle, Okla., on Monday afternoon when he noticed hail pounding the parking lot outside the restaurant.

An aerial view of the destruction caused by the massive tornado that struck areas south of Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, shows the magnitude of damage left in its path.

A supercell thunderstorm spawned a deadly F-4 tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City and its suburbs on Monday, and NASA satellites tracked and beamed images of the storm.

Moore, Oklahoma: After a tornado passes through, says Dennis Owens, as he takes a break on the curb of a street in Moore, Oklahoma, everyone who can move becomes a rescuer.

Sixteen minutes elapsed between the time the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning and the time a tornado touched down near Newcastle, Okla., on Monday afternoon.

The massive tornado that ripped through Oklahoma on Monday has been chronicled on video by news outlets, storm chasers, and shaken survivors.

I want to take a moment to talk about what happened in Moore, OK yesterday. Not only will this single tornado likely go down as one of the biggest on record, it will be remembered as one of our deadliest single tornadoes in recent memory.

Oklahoma National Guard soldiers and rescue workers dig through the rubble of Plaza Tower Elementary school Tuesday.

The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.

As many as 37 people have been reported dead after a gigantic tornado more than three km in diameter ravaged the area south of Oklahoma City on Monday, destroying or heavily damaging numerous homes and at least schools, according to media reports.

At least 51 people -- including seven children at an elementary school -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said.

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The massive tornado first touched down in Newcastle and churned toward Interstate 44 and S.W. 149th Street.