‘This is war-zone terrible’

Children trapped, dead in rubble, officials say

Joel Achenbach and Debbi Wilgoren

Dozens are dead after a tornado with winds of 200 miles per hour destroyed neighborhoods in Moore, Okla.

A person guards a neighborhood. (Brennan Linsley/AP)

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  • Vehicles move slowly on Interstate 35 in Moore, Okla.
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  • The remains of a home the day after the tornado.
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  • Car rests in a parking lot a day after the Moore tornado,
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  • As dawn breaks, clouds roll over a neighborhood.
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  • Lightning rips across the sky in Moore, Okla,
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