Oklahoma

President Barack Obama flew to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma Sunday, offering moral and monetary support to people still reeling from lost lives and shattered neighborhoods. He told survivors, "You've got folks behind you" across America.

Seven tornadoes have swept through Moore, Okla., since they were born, but new high school graduates are vowing they won't say goodbye to their town.

President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.

Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here."

The disturbing images of tornado-ravaged Oklahoma towns have reignited some memories of the devastation in New Jersey immediately following Superstorm Sandy.

The first of the funerals is scheduled today following the deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma

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.

In New Jersey's hour of need help came from around the country. It could be said it's our turn to "pay it forward."

A tornado the size and magnitude of the one that rocked Oklahoma this week has never been seen in New Jersey, according to records and anecdotal accounts, but the Garden State is not immune to twisters.

Rescue workers are double checking storm shelters and damaged property to check for survivors of the tornado that may be trapped as Moore, Oklahoma begins its recovery from yesterday's 200 MPH tornado.