MOORE, Ok.
The Oklahoma City area, particularly the community of Moore, is still taking stock of the fallout from Monday’s devastating tornado, which at last count had taken 24 lives and injured hundreds.
At more than a mile wide and moving at speeds of more than 200 m.p.h., the tornado severely damaged more than 2,000 homes on its 17-mile trek, and has left countless citizens temporarily homeless.
President Obama has declared a federal disaster in the five Oklahoma counties hit by the storm, and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials have been dispatched to aid in the recovery.
One bright spot is that no hotels were severely damaged, according to published reports out of the region, with some properties even chipping in to provide temporary shelter for storm victims.
Additionally, travel through OKC on I-40 and I-44 appears normal. I-35 in the southern OKC Metro area was reported as slow but open on Tuesday.
Among affected events has been the postponement of the Big 12 college baseball championship from Wednesday to Thursday, though the site (Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in OKC) remained unchanged.
