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Oklahoma tornado 2013: Moore family of four die, including their baby

A family of four that included a baby has emerged as casualties of the monster tornado that has claimed at least 91 lives in Oklahoma, a new report has revealed.

The family members, who have not yet been identified, were killed as they scrambled to seek shelter from the storm in a freezer, KFOR reported.

It was a one of many heartbreaking stories that emerged hours after a deadly tornado ripped through the Oklahoma town, as well as incredible stories of survival.

Numerous stories of heroes and ordinary residents who narrowly escaped death have been reported.

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Devastation: Two girls stand in rubble after a two mile-wide tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma

Into the light: A family leaves an underground bunker in the wake of the destruction caused by the natural disaster

A parent's worst nightmare: A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School

Survivors: A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, and passed along to rescuers

Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday

Exhausted children wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary School

Relief: A parent rushes to embrace her child as a teacher escorts her away from Briarwood Elementary school

Relief: A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Tower Plaza Elementary School. Right, an American flag sways in the wind

Among them was a teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary School, who reportedly laid on top of six children in a school bathroom as the tornado struck.

The teacher is said to have been seriously injured.

Lando Hite, found shirtless and covered in dirt by a KFOR reporter, was trudging along what was left of his horse farm.

He told the station: 'I lost everything. We might have one horse left out of all of them.'

He added that he sought refuge in one of the horse stables and waited out the storm. When the storm passed, about 100 of his horses were dead.

He described the tornado was 'unbearably loud' and 'straight out of the movie Twister.'

Appearing on KFOR, one woman credited her son’s teacher at Briarwood Elementary School, with saving her son’s life.

She said that Cynthia Lowe, who teaches first grade, lifted a wall off the boy as the tornado pummeled the school.

Loss: A man with his children surveys the damage. He has only owned the home for two months

Destruction: A child's doll on the curb among the wreckage

Nature's fury: Cars were flipped over by the sheer power of the tornado

Devastation: A fire burns in the Tower Plaza Addition in Moore, Oklahoma, following a huge tornado

Desperate search: Rescuers scour the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School for children trapped after the tornado destroyed the school

Valor: Rescue workers help free injured survivors of the storm in Moore after a tornado tore through the area

Hope after the storm: Rescue workers help free one of the 15 people that were trapped at a medical building at the Moore hospital complex

Emergency services workers pull a woman out from under tornado debris at the school


































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