17 Incredible Photos Of Moore, Okla., Immediately After A Deadly Tornado Devastated The Town And A Year Later
The tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., last year killed 24 people and injured scores of others. A year later, the community is still picking up the pieces.
1.Last May, a mile-and-a-half-wide tornado with winds moving faster than 200 mph hit Moore, Okla., and obliterated everything in its path.
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3.The storm killed 24 people, seven of whom were third-graders at Plaza Towers.
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5.The storm also injured more than 300 people and destroyed roughly 1,100 homes.
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7.A year later, only about half of those homes are being rebuilt.
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9.The city as a whole, though, after being so thoroughly demolished by the storm, has gone through a massive transformation.
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11.Kevin Kessler, below, was one of the first residents of his neighborhood to move back after the tornado.
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13.Josh and Lea Bessinger's home was turned to rubble by the tornado. A year later, though, there is only a vacant lot where they used to live.
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15.According to city officials, around half of residents decided to rebuild and return home. The other half either moved to other parts of the city or left altogether.
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17.In April, Moore town officials passed a building code that orders all new homes to be about to withstand 130-mph winds, hoping to keep residents safer moving forward.
