<p><strong>A woman carries her child past the rubble and remains of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/united-states/oklahoma-guide/">Oklahoma</a>, on May 20.</strong></p><p class="p1">A giant <a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tornado-profile/">tornado</a> roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday, destroying entire neighborhoods and leveling an elementary school, according to the Associated Press. (Related: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130521-oklahoma-city-tornado-natural-disasters-science/">"</a><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130521-oklahoma-city-tornado-natural-disasters-science/">Oklahoma Tornado: Why So Destructive, Unpredictable?"</a>)</p>
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A woman carries her child past the rubble and remains of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20.
A giant tornado roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday, destroying entire neighborhoods and leveling an elementary school, according to the Associated Press. (Related: "Oklahoma Tornado: Why So Destructive, Unpredictable?")
Oklahoma Tornado Photos: 2-Mile-Wide Twister Destroys Town
See the aftermath of a two-mile wide tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, killing dozens.
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