A tornado with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour, flattened entire blocks and demolished two schools and a hospital on the storm’s 17-mile, 50-minute rampage through central Oklahoma on May 20, killing at least 24 people – including nine children.
Based on the relief and rehabilitation experience of previous disasters, volunteers have been mobilized into action to provide relief to those affected. Following are first few images of the relief work as of May 24, 2013