Hide captionJimmy Hodges helps Chad Heltcel and his wife Cassidi salvage the wreckage of Chad Heltcel's family home on Tuesday, which was destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla. The National Weather Service now , this tornado produced winds in excess of 200 mph, making it a top-of-the-scale EF-5.Brennan Linsley/AP
Hide captionOklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin looks out the window of a National Guard helicopter as she tours the tornado damage in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday.Sue Ogrocki/AP
Hide captionA rescue worker checks the rubble in a residential area in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday after a massive tornado struck the area on Monday. Emergency workers pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in Moore.Richard Rowe/Reuters/Landov
Hide captionLightning strikes over interstate 35 near Moore on Tuesday. Thunderstorms and lightning slowed the rescue effort on Tuesday, but more than 100 people had been pulled from the debris alive.Gene Blevins/Reuters/Landov
Hide captionA dog scavenges for food in the wreckage left behind from the tornado.Brennan Linsley/AP
Hide captionLea Bessinger salvages a picture of Jesus as she and her son Josh Bessinger sort through the rubble of her home in Moore.Charlie Riedel/AP
Hide captionAn aerial image taken on Tuesday shows an entire neighborhood of Moore was destroyed by Monday's tornado.Tony Gutierrez/AP
Hide captionZac and Denisha Woodcock look through the rubble of their tornado-ravaged home.Charlie Riedel/AP
Hide captionPresident Obama speaks next to Vice President Biden at the White House about the devastating tornadoes and severe weather impacting Oklahoma. Obama promised to make available government resources to help rescue and recovery efforts.Larry Downing/Reuters/Landov
Hide captionMembers of the American Red Cross distribute food at a command center the day after a tornado hit in Moore, Okla., with estimated winds of up to 200 mph. A 1999 storm in Moore caused similar damage and loss of life.Ed Zurga/EPA/Landov
Hide captionA man surveys tornado damage from a roof in Moore, Okla., on Monday. The death toll from the massive twister is expected to rise.Joe Wertz/StateImpact Oklahoma
Hide captionA child is pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore on Monday after a tornado up to a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburb.Sue Ogrocki/AP
Hide captionA child is carried from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School.Sue Ogrocki/AP
Hide captionAn airman kneels and prays in the Moore neighborhood south of Plaza Towers Elementary School.Joe Wertz/StateImpact Oklahoma
Hide captionA tornado moves past homes in Moore on Monday.Alonzo Adams/AP
Hide captionA woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School. The tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and set buildings on fire.Sue Ogrocki/AP
Hide captionA fire burns in Moore after the twister hit with a rating of at least EF4, according to the National Weather Service.Sue Ogrocki/AP
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