Tornado Rips Through OK and MO

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Tornado Rips Through OK and MO

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Story Created: May 12, 2008 at 7:40 PM CDT

Story Updated: May 12, 2008 at 10:57 PM CDT

Oklahoma officials are beginning to assess the damage from a deadly tornado.
Six people died Saturday when the F-4 tornado ripped through Pincher, then made a 74-mile trek into Missouri. An F-4 is the second highest rating for a twister.
The same tornado is also responsible for 15 deaths in Missouri. Residents are cleaning up, but officials say they're not sure if residents will want to rebuild.
Michelann Ooten with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management says, "This isn't a typical event that we've seen in the past with tornadoes that come through. Typically that community is working to rebuild, no questions asked. But as you know, some of the property owners here were in the process of being bought out because of it being a superfund site. That's simply another variable that we have to work through at this point."
In the meantime, several charitable organizations are helping residents.

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