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Jimmy 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.

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A 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.

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Lightning 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.

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Lea Bessinger salvages a picture of Jesus as she and her son Josh Bessinger sort through the rubble of her home in Moore.

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An aerial image taken on Tuesday shows an entire neighborhood of Moore was destroyed by Monday's tornado.

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Zac and Denisha Woodcock look through the rubble of their tornado-ravaged home.

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President 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.

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Members 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.

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A man surveys tornado damage from a roof in Moore, Okla., on Monday. The death toll from the massive twister is expected to rise.

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A 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.

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A child is carried from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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An airman kneels and prays in the Moore neighborhood south of Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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A tornado moves past homes in Moore on Monday.

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A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School. The tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and set buildings on fire.

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A fire burns in Moore after the twister hit with a rating of at least EF4, according to the National Weather Service.

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