Watch May 22 video above, as reporter Mike Drolet shows an Oklahoma high school reduced to rubble by Monday’s tornado.
TORONTO – Global News reporter Mike Drolet is in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Wednesday, where a massive tornado destroyed homes and killed at least two dozen people on Monday.
Watch a vlog from Drolet showing the path of the tornado, and the contrast between two sides of the street in Moore:
Here are photos from the ground, where clean-up crews are sifting through the rubble of flattened houses and vehicles, including this boat:
Watch video below, showing trucks and other vehicles displaced by the tornado:
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Tornado safe rooms have been brought to the forefront since Monday’s tornado levelled the Plaza Towers elementary school, which did not have reinforced storm shelters or safe rooms. Seven children were killed.
Watch video below, as Drolet takes us into a damaged property to see what a storm shelter looks like from the ground level, and explains how it saved the lives of a number of Oklahoma families:
While Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management Albert Ashwood said more than 100 schools across the state do have safe rooms, he said a shelter would not necessarily have saved more lives at Plaza Towers.
U.S. President Barack Obama has since pledged to provide federal help.
With files from The Associated Press
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