All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2013 // While most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister’s fury or amateurs armed with little more than a...
Jun 5 2013 // The total number of tornado-related insurance claims filed by Oklahomans has climbed to 32,433 since May 19, state insurance regulators report.The filings represent insured losses of nearly $250 million, including 13,938...
Jun 3 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says more than 22,000 claims have been filed for property and vehicles damaged by tornadoes that struck the state on May 19 and 20. The agency says claims filed so far represent insured...
Jun 3 2013 // Three storm chasers were among 13 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, underscoring the high risk of tracking tornadoes and forcing the media to rethink how they cover deadly...
Jun 3 2013 // The Moore, Oklahoma tornado, which killed 24 people, was the deadliest tornado to touch down during a nearly weeklong outbreak across the U.S. Midwest and South Central regions. The states hardest hit have been Kansas,...
Jun 3 2013 // In Texas and Oklahoma the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is ongoing.Oklahoma in 2012 enacted legislation adopting the Work Loss Data Institute’s Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) as the standard...
Jun 3 2013 // Twelve hundred homes damaged or destroyed, 33,000 people impacted and $2 billion in property losses.Those are damage estimates from the deadly F5 tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on May 20, just one day...
May 31 2013 // More dangerous weather, spawning baseball-sized hail and tornadoes, was predicted for Oklahoma and parts of the Ozarks on Friday after more than a dozen reported twisters in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, U.S....
May 31 2013 // Severe thunderstorms, baseball-sized hail, flooding and possibly tornadoes may sweep across parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas today, according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center.There’s a 45 percent chance of...
May 30 2013 // Severe storms spawned a dozen reported tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, injuring at least five people and sending residents scrambling for cover 10 days after a powerful twister killed 24 people in...
May 30 2013 // The founder and CEO of a Baton Rouge-based fast-food chain says experience with disasters served the company well after a tornado ravaged Moore, Okla.Todd Graves, of Raising Cane’s, said the chain has about 50...
May 29 2013 // The tornado that leveled an Oklahoma City suburb last week probably cost insurers $2 billion to $3.5 billion in claims, according to catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions Inc.The estimate includes damage to...
May 29 2013 // Twelve hundred homes damaged or destroyed, 33,000 people impacted and $2 billion in property losses.Those are damage estimates from the deadly F5 tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore in the afternoon of May...
May 28 2013 // Authorities have clarified and significantly downgraded the number of homes damaged or destroyed in the May 20 tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb.Oklahoma City Police Department spokesman Dexter Nelson said on May 23 that...
May 28 2013 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak placed a moratorium on all insurance non-renewals, cancellations and terminations for affected areas in the wake of the tornado and severe storms that occurred in central...
May 24 2013 // Top U.S. lawmakers and officials said that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma.The government has more than $11 billion...
May 24 2013 // Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb.At least 24 people died when the tornado laid waste to Moore on May 20. The Oklahoma Insurance...
May 23 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion.Spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press...
May 23 2013 // The Moore, Oklahoma tornado, which killed 24 people, was the deadliest to touch down during a nearly weeklong outbreak across the U.S. Midwest. The states hardest hit have been Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma,...
May 22 2013 // More than 4,000 home and auto claims have been filed as a result of the recent spate of tornadoes in Oklahoma. That number is expected to rise, according to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak.Doak has previously...