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At least 51 dead after massive twister strikes near Oklahoma City

A large tornado at least a half mile-wide with 200mph winds churned through Oklahoma City's suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening whole neighborhoods & destroying an simple school with a direct blow as children & teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, & officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office, said the death toll is expected to rise.0 of those deaths are kids & Oklahoma City Police say seven of those were kids at Plaza Towers Simple School, which was hit by the tornado, Fox 25 reports. Oklahoma police also told Fox News' Casey Stegall, on the ground in Moore, Okla., that at least people were killed at a 7-11 convenience store.

Television footage on Monday afternoon showed homes & buildings that had been reduced to rubble in Moore, which is south of Oklahoma City. Footage also showed vehicles littering roadways south & southwest of Oklahoma City.

OU Medical Middle spokesman Scott Coppenbarger said the hospital as well as a nearby kid's hospital are treating about 85 patients, including 65 children, with conditions ranging from minor injuries to critical.

Integris Southwest Medical Middle spokeswoman Brooke Cayot said 9 of 57 patients being treated at that facility Monday are listed in critical condition. Nineteen are in serious and 29 others are listed in fair or nice condition.

Search and rescue crews are now looking for somebody who may be trapped in the rubble. Aerial flyovers showed crowds of residents picking through debris Monday afternoon, while resident told Fox News that kids were trapped under cars at an simple school.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said in a news conference that "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their kids, and search and rescue efforts will continue throughout the night.

At the Plaza Towers Simple School, students were hugging & clinging to the walls of the school as the tornado passed over, KFOR reports. 

An Associated Press photographer saw several kids being pulled out of what was left of the school. The school's roof appeared mangled & the walls had fallen in or had collapsed.

The National Weather Service said the tornado was on the ground for  40 minutes, with the first tornado warning coming 16 minutes before it touched down. The preliminary damage rating on the enhanced fujita scale was EF4 -- the second most-powerful type of twister -- and carved a 20-mile path through Newcastle, Moore and South Oklahoma City.

The National Weather Service said the tornado was on the ground for very 40 minutes, with the first tornado warning coming 16 minutes before it touched down. The preliminary destroy rating on the enhanced fujita scale was EF4 -- the second most-powerful type of twister -- & carved a 20-mile path through Newcastle, Moore & South Oklahoma City.

Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said man, later identified as Irish, was found dead out in the open at Steelman Estates, but the sheriff didn't have details on where they had lived.

You can see where there is absolutely nothing, then there's places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up, Booth said. It looks like there is been heavy equipment in there on a demolition tour \. It is bad. It is much wiped out.

A storm spotter told the National Weather Service that the tornado &quotscoured&quot the landscape in the park and an area along Interstate 40. Officials said drivers ought to expect delays along the highway in Shawnee as crews continue to tidy up storm debris. Westbound Interstate 40 was closed Sunday night at U.S. 177 after storms ripped through the area. U.S. 177 was also shutdown because of vehicle accidents caused by the extreme weather

Another tornado grazed the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond Sunday afternoon, dropping hail as large as a grapefruit and damaging roofs and structures before heading east. Aerial flyovers in Wellston, northeast of Oklahoma City, showed significant property destroy.

The National Weather Service also reported tornadoes touched down in Iowa Sunday near Huxley and Earlham. Destroy included the loss of some cattle when the storm blew over a barn on a farm in Mitchell County. Some 11,000 homes were without power early Monday.

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  لندن : برطانوی پولیس کو دارالحکومت لندن میں رہائش پذیر متحدہ قومی موومنٹ کے قائد الطاف حسین کے خلاف منی لانڈرنگ کیس کے حوالے سے اہم گواہ مل گیا۔

پولیس کا کہنا ہے کہ انہوں نے گواہ سے 3 سے 4 گھنٹے تک سوال جواب کئے جس سے پتا چلا ہے کہ وہ مالی اور بہت سے اہم رازوں کا علم رکھتا ہے۔

پولیس کے مطابق گواہ نے اس کیس میں تعاون کیا ہے۔

یاد رہے کہ ایم کیو ایم کے قائد کو برطانیہ میں منی لانڈرنگ کیس اور تشدد پر اکسانے سے متعلق کیس کا سامنا ہے۔ گزشتہ دنوں الطاف حسین نے اپنی وکلا کے ذریعے لندن پولیس سے ایک ہفتے کی مہلت طلب کی تھی۔

ایم کیو ایم کے غیر فعال رہنما عمران فاروق قتل کیس کے حوالے سے میٹرو پولیٹن پولیس کئی پہلوں پر تفتیش کر رہی ہے اور اب اس کیس کی گتھیاں سلجھاتے ہوئے منی لانڈرنگ کا نیا کیس سامنے آیا ہے۔

متحدہ قومی موومنٹ اور ان کے قائد ان دنوں شدید پریشانی کا شکار ہیں، الطاف حسین کے خلاف بی بی سی کی دستاویزی فلم منظر عام پر آنے کے بعد معاملہ مزید اہمیت اختیار کرگیا ہے۔

گزشتہ دنوں ایم کیو ایم نے اپنے کارکنوں اورچاہنے والوں سے دعاؤں کی درخواست کرتے ہوئے امید ظاہر کی تھی ان کے قائد اس کیس میں سرخرو ہوں گے۔