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 Department says the financial cost of the tornado could exceed $2 billion, because of the size and duration of the storm. The disaster zone stretches more than 17 miles and the tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes.
An aerial view of the site shows whole neighborhoods obliterated, with gouged earth littered with splintered wood and pulverized cars.
The National Weather Service says the tornado was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph – the first EF5 tornado of 2013.
Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters Windstorm Homeowners Oklahoma
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