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MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
Addressing the nation Tuesday morning, President Obama said the focus should be on the urgent work of rescue.
"Oklahoma needs to get everything it needs, right away," says President Obama. "The people of Moore, Okla. should know that their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them as long as it takes."
Other search-and-rescue teams focused their efforts at Plaza Towers Elementary, where the storm ripped off the school's roof, knocked down walls and turned the playground into a mass of twisted plastic and metal as students and teachers huddled in hallways and bathrooms.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said she watched up close late Monday as rescuers tried to find people in the wreckage of the school.
"It was an incredible sight to see how big the debris field was and how much destruction there was," Fallin said. "It would be remarkable for anyone to survive."
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