OKLAHOMA
Plaza Towers Elementary School and its neighbourhood were the most affected regions by the tornado in Oklahoma happened on Tuesday.
Tornado left 24 dead causing more than $2 billion financial loss in Oklahoma City of America, where Americans come back after the search and rescue operation is finished to a great extent to take their properties, left from the wreckage.
Sources state that the majority of 10 dead children were students of Plaza Towers Elementary School. After the tornado disaster, most of the American hung flags to the wrecked buildings.
Relief organizations distributed food-drink in the region, where the disaster caused environmental pollution.
Besides, security forces keep waiting against plundering and relief organizations, insurance companies and banks carry out work for disaster victims in First Baptist Church.
Charities relieved food and clothes, banks opened portable Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and insurance companies provided mobile sections to compensate the damage.
Press was not allowed to shot videos and photos inside the church.
The tornado, the most destructive since 1999, has been very effective for two days. At its strongest, the tornado reached speeds of up to 321 km and a width of about 2.1 km. Anadolu Agency (AA) team viewed the destruction caused by the tornado in Moore. Turkish citizens living in Oklahoma supported the aid campaigns organized for the survivors of the tornado.
President Barack Obama has declared a 'major disaster' in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid for the state. City of Moore, a suburb of 55,000 people, was the worst affected area. Moore was hit by a series of major tornadoes on May 3, 1999, which left 40 people dead and caused a damage of over $1 billion. About 2,400 homes were damaged in the Oklahoma city of Moore and 10,000 people were directly impacted by the tornado.
