The search is almost over for more possible victims of Monday’s tornado that obliterated parts of Moore, Oklahoma.
The death toll has been reduced to 24—less than half what it was this time yesterday.
Officials say some of the dead were counted twice in the confusion.
Nine children are among the dead, and more than 230 people were treated in hospitals.
Several aerial images show the degree of destruction, with many neighbourhoods flattened.
This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. AP Photo
The Oklahoma Insurance Department is putting the preliminary damage estimate from Monday’s tornado in Moore at more than two-billion dollars.
That’s based on visual assessments on the extensive damage zone.
If the assessment holds, it would exceed the two-billion dollars worth of damage caused by the 2011 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri.
This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 aerial photo shows, from bottom to top, the path Monday’s tornado took through Moore, Okla. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. AP Photo
Many of the residents of Moore, Oklahoma are assessing what’s left of their homes and possessions and what comes next.
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It was the fourth tornado to hit Moore since 1998.
At sunrise, police patrol a partially-destroyed row of houses adjacent to a group of homes completely leveled on Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Getty Images
Residents in Moore, Oklahoma try to find their belongings two days after a massive tornado destroyed homes and killed at least two dozen people. Robin Stickley / Global News
Clean-up crews on scene in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on May 22, where people are sifting through the rubble of houses flattened by Monday’s tornado. Mike Drolet / Global News
In this photo below, Billy McElrath, left, sits on a 1968 convertible Corvette buried under rubble in what was the garage of his home in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, May 21, 2012.
Allie Thompson looks over damage at Briarwood Elementary School after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Getty Images
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