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Today at 12:50 PM  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

Today at 12:50 PM  The storm's death toll was corrected and lowered to 24, including 7 children.

Today at 10:29 AM  President Barack Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need "right away."

Today at 8:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Yesterday at 9:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Yesterday at 7:06 PM  Several children have been pulled out of the rubble alive at a school in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Yesterday at 8:40 AM  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister

Thursday, May 16, 2013  At least 6 dead, dozens left homeless as tornadoes leave trail of destruction in North Texas

Thursday, April 25, 2013  More tough choices ahead for farmers, cities as New Mexico grapples with third year of drought

Monday, April 22, 2013  Wet or dry? Gardeners make plans with no certainty in forecast as cold spring follows drought

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Updated with video: Severe storms hit Midwest with snow, ice and damaging winds

Monday, March 25, 2013  What spring? Storm dumps foot or more of snow across several central US states, pushes east

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Winter snowstorm pummels Midwest, heads toward nation's capital and Mid-Atlantic states

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Updated with video: "This will be the biggest widespread storm of the winter," National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Seeley said.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  After creating blizzard conditions in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, winter storm plows into Missouri