CBS News/AP:
A mix of volunteers and first responders began combing through debris
in the Oklahoma City area Monday evening to look for survivors after
neighborhoods were flattened and buildings burst in flames from a
destructive, mile-wide tornado.
Television footage on Monday
afternoon showed homes and buildings that had been reduced to rubble in
Moore, Okla., south of Oklahoma City. Footage also showed vehicles
littering roadways south and southwest of Oklahoma City.
CBS News affiliate KWTV reported
that emergency personnel were rushing rushing toward an elementary
school in south Moore, trying to rescue students and staff that were
trapped.
Reports of casualties are still coming in as
hospital officials remain on emergency alert, although KWTV reports
there are already multiple deaths. One hospital in Moore was hit by the
tornado, and patients were being evacuated.
It’s too early for anything approaching a casualty count, but the loss of life is potentially catastrophic.
