MOORE, Okla. (AP) —Many of the residents of Moore, Okla., have begun the process of assessing what’s left of their homes and possessions and determining what comes next.
Some neighborhoods were left flattened by the twister that stretched some 1.3 miles wide at points. It was the fourth tornado to hit Moore since 1998. Monday’s twister killed at least 24 people.
Meanwhile, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are “going neighborhood to neighborhood” to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs.
FEMA’s Craig Fugate promises in an interview that officials won’t desert Oklahoma, saying “We don’t leave here when the cameras leave. We stay here and get the job done.” Fugate tells CNN that the agency has enough money to assist the people of Moore, Okla., who were caught in the path of destruction as the nearly 1.3-mile-wide twister struck Monday afternoon. He says officials will work aggressively to help people find temporary housing and says FEMA is working with other officials to get services restored.
The emergency management director arrived in the state Tuesday, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is due there Wednesday.
