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Shawnee, Oklahoma is located in Pottawatomie County. Zip codes in Shawnee, OK include 74801, 74804, and 74802. The median home price in Shawnee is $94,500 which is roughly $51/per square foot. More Shawnee information.

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4 min ago | Insurance Journal West

Top 10 U.S. Insurers in Tornado-Stricken States: SNL Financial

The Moore, Oklahoma tornado, which killed 24 people, was the deadliest to touch down during a nearly weeklong outbreak across the U.S. Midwest.

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Thu May 23, 2013

KOCO-TV Oklahoma City

A personal note from Damon Lane

There are likely millions of stories that we can tell about the tornadoes that hit both Shawnee on Sunday and Moore on Monday.

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NewsOK.com

Oklahoma tornadoes: Storm shelter installations spike after storms, records show

For former Shawnee police officer Jeff Rodgers and his wife, Dawna, the days of huddling in a hallway, covering themselves with mattresses and strapping on motorcycle helmets as a storm barrels down are over.

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News9 Oklahoma City

Recovery Begins While Officials Clarify Numbers On OK Tornado Damage

Governor Mary Fallin and other officials held a press briefing on Thursday to update the relief efforts of the deadly tornadoes from Sunday and Monday.

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The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

LCMS, CPH providing free resources following tornadoes

In the wake of the May 20 tornadoes that swept through parts of the Midwest and specifically Moore, Okla., where at least 24 people were killed, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Concordia Publishing House are providing resources for congregational and individual use.

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WPTV Local News

Tornado scattered mementos

The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion.

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KCEN

Tornadoes Destroy Homes in Oklahoma

Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday.

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Lexington Herald-Leader

Lexington trucker recovering after encounter with Okla. tornado.

Johnson County trucking company owner Chris Blair said, he was concerned that one of his drivers could be headed into a tornado Sunday outside Shawnee, Okla.

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Wed May 22, 2013

News9 Oklahoma City

Memorial and Prayer Service Planned In Moore For Tornado Victims

The service will honor and remember the victims of the May 20 tornado that killed 24 people in Moore and the May 19 tornado that killed 2 in Shawnee.

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KSLA-TV Shreveport

Pets, photos are precious finds in tornado recovery

The Oklahoma tornadoes displaced families and destroyed homes, but another facet of the tragedy saw hundreds of people separated from pets and searching in vain for family photos.

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KFVS12

Pets, photos are precious finds in tornado recovery

The devastation left behind the massive tornadoes that hit Moore, OK and the surrounding areas on May 19 leveled homes, flattened trees and killed more than 20 people, many of them children.

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NewsOn6 Tulsa

Shawnee Tornado Victims Begin To Pick Up Pieces

Crews are working along a 20-mile path of destruction that starts near Lake Thunderbird and ends just west of Shawnee.

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WMFD-TV Mansfield

WMFD Meterologist Michael Joyce Chases Moore, OK Tornado

WMFD staff Meteorologist Michael Joyce just happened to be on vacation this week in Oklahoma participating in meteorology training and storm chasing when the mammoth Oklahoma tornado formed.

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Electric Energy Online

ExxonMobil Contributes to Tornado Recovery and Relief Efforts

Exxon Mobil Corporation announced it will donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross to provide disaster relief assistance in response to the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma and the southwest United States.

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DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

DeLandite Susie Macon survives two tornadoes in Oklahoma

PHOTO COURTESY SUSIE MACON Stormin' Norman twister - A family friend snapped this photo as a tornado formed over Norman, Okla., May 19, where DeLandite Susie Macon was visiting.

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National Public Radio

Oklahoma Tornado: Finding Aid, Giving Aid

Aid groups are mobilizing relief efforts to help victims of the storm. Here, Candice Lopez, left, and Stephanie Davis help clean debris from Thelma Cox's mobile home near Shawnee, Okla., after it was destroyed Monday.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The Wichita Eagle

Gallery: Search for survivors begins in OKC suburb

Residents of Edmond, Okla., survey storm damage from a tornado that hit their neighborhood Sunday, May 19, 2013.

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KCBD-TV Lubbock

Red Cross needs cash, not clothing, to help tornado victims

While many people in Lubbock want to donate household items and send truckloads of donations to Moore, Oklahoma, the Red Cross is saying that could hinder the relief efforts more than help.

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WCTI

How to help Oklahoma tornado victims

The search and rescue mission continues this evening after a massive tornado touched down Monday afternoon.

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NEWS.com.au

Tornado Aussie: I can't find friends

Watch a time lapse of the deadly tornado that had 270 km/ph winds,stayed on the ground for 40 minutes and traveled 32 klms.

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