Prayers for Oklahoma and all suffering from tornadoes
Devastating tornadoes have touched down in Oklahoma and other parts of the US. News reports show damage and loss of life. From the Washington Post:
The New York Times:
Amy Elliott, the spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City medical examiner, said at least 51 people had died, including the children, and officials said that toll was likely to climb. Local hospitals reported at least 145 people injured, 70 of them children.
Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore was reduced to a pile of twisted metal and toppled walls. Rescue workers were able to pull several children from the rubble, but on Monday evening crews were still struggling to cut through fallen beams and clear debris amid reports that dozens of students were trapped. At Briarwood Elementary School in Oklahoma City, on the border with Moore, cars were thrown through the facade and the roof was torn off.
Photos from NBC News
A message from Archbishop Robert Duncan:
A large, violent tornado carved a long, destructive path on the south side of Oklahoma City. Doppler radar estimates suggested that twister had the potential to produce wind gusts of 200 mph, the equivalent of an EF-4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The storm reportedly killed at least 51 people and caused extensive damage in Moore, Oklahoma, which is just south of Oklahoma City.
The New York Times:
The injured flooded into hospitals, and the authorities said many people remained trapped, even as rescue workers struggled to make their way through debris-clogged streets to the devastated suburb of Moore, where much of the damage occurred.
Amy Elliott, the spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City medical examiner, said at least 51 people had died, including the children, and officials said that toll was likely to climb. Local hospitals reported at least 145 people injured, 70 of them children.
Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore was reduced to a pile of twisted metal and toppled walls. Rescue workers were able to pull several children from the rubble, but on Monday evening crews were still struggling to cut through fallen beams and clear debris amid reports that dozens of students were trapped. At Briarwood Elementary School in Oklahoma City, on the border with Moore, cars were thrown through the facade and the roof was torn off.
Photos from NBC News
A message from Archbishop Robert Duncan:
No doubt you have been moved with compassion for the people hit
hard by tornados in the Oklahoma City, OK region - especially in the hardest
hit area of Moore, OK.
The International Diocese, led by Bishop Bill Atwood, has a church
in the region - St. James, Oklahoma City (The Rev. Tere Wilson, Rector).
Bishop Atwood assures us that this parish will be a good relief command post -
our local point of contact in directing donations for tornado relief.
You can give through the Anglican Relief and Development Fund -
either immediately online or by mailing in a check. ARDF will send the
funds to the International Diocese for distribution.
Donate now by credit card by going to this link for ARDF:
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