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Dozens killed as tornado rips through Oklahoma

A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with winds up to 200 miles per hour. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials expect the death toll to rise.

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A tornado moved ominously past homes in Moore, Okla. on Monday. (Alonzo Adams/AP) Alonzo Adams

Police dug through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

A child was pulled from the rubble of an elementary school in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Damaged cars lay covered in mud at a business parking lot west of Interstate 35 in Moore, Okla. (Jim Beckel/AP)

Neighbors hugged near a group of homes ruined by Monday's monstrous tornado in Oklahoma. (David McDaniel/AP)

A van sat on top of a crushed vehicle after a huge tornado brought winds of up to 200 miles per hour Monday. (Richard Rowe/Reuters)

A woman cradled her cat as she sat in her driveway after her home was destroyed on Monday. (Chris Landsberger/AP)

Firefighters assisted a driver as he was taken from the cab of his overturned truck in Shawnee, Okla. (Jim Beckel/AP)

A woman carried a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

A woman held stray kittens that she found in the debris of her parents' home after the tornado struck. (Nate Billings/AP)

Rescue workers helped free a person trapped in a medical building at a hospital complex in Moore, Okla. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)

One woman helped another look for a missing dog near a home destroyed by Monday's tornado.(Steve Sisney/AP)

Oklahoma City firefighters checked on the status of a man who sat in a rocking chair where his home once stood (Chris Landsberger/AP)

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