The cost of the resulting damage in Oklahoma alone could top more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate by the state's Insurance Department—and could end up being even more costly than the $2 billion in damage from the 2011 tornado that killed 158 people in Joplin, Mo.
Sky of Fury: Tornadoes in Great Plains Cause Record Property Damage
- An EF5 tornado more than mile wide, packing 166- to 200-mph winds, ripped through the suburbs of Oklahoma City for 40 minutes and laid to waste the 55,000-population city of Moore
- In the days that followed, some 240 more were listed as injured, including at least 60 children
- Tornadoes in north-central Texas also damaged multiple homes, killing six people and injuring 100. Read More
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