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Moore, Oklahoma: Disaster, Relief and Recovery
The Director of FEMA and the Secretary of Homeland Security are in Moore, Oklahoma after Monday's deadly tornado. We hear about rescue, recovery, rebuilding and resilience.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe Director of FEMA and the Secretary of Homeland Security arrived in Moore, Oklahoma today to assess what assistance is needed after Monday's deadly tornado. People educated by past tornadoes in neighboring cities were already there. We hear about rescue, recovery, rebuilding and human resilience. Also, Los Angeles has a new mayor, Eric Garcetti. On Reporter's Notebook, we talk with Maine Republican Olympia Snowe about leaving the US Senate in order to save it.
Banner image: Two girls stand in rubble after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. Photo Gene Blevins/Reuters
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3 storiesEric Garcetti, the Next Mayor of Los Angeles
After yesterday's run-off election, America's second largest city will have new leadership. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be replaced by City Councilman Eric Garcetti , who fought a contentious and costly race against City Controller Wendy Greuel .
Read the story7 minLife and Death in 'Tornado Alley'
With 24 dead and 237 injured, Glen Lewis, Mayor of Moore, Oklahoma, says the town's now gone "from rescue and searching to recovery." But rebuilding will be a long time coming. The tornado that hit Moore on Monday, was rated EF-5 on what's called the Enhanced Fujita Scale .
Read the story1 minCan Olympia Snowe 'Fight for Common Ground' outside Congress?
Maine Republican Olympia Snowe served in elected office for 40 years, including three terms in the US Senate. Last year, she declined to run for re-election on the ground that extreme partisanship had rendered what used to be called "the world's greatest deliberative body" unable to perform its governing functions under the Constitution.
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