Editing Moore, Oklahoma (section)

====2013 tornado====
[[File:May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado.JPG|thumb|150px|right|2013 tornado southwest of Moore]]
[[File:FEMA Aerial view of May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado damage.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Aerial view of 2013 Moore tornado damage]]

{{Main|2013 Moore tornado}}
On May 20, 2013, parts of Moore and neighboring [[Newcastle, Oklahoma|Newcastle]] and southern [[Oklahoma City]], were affected by a violent tornado.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/05/20135205174918331.html |title=Deadly tornado strikes near Oklahoma City |website=www.aljazeera.com |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-date=May 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520125311/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/05/20135205174918331.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Classified as [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF5]] on the Enhanced Fujita scale, it had estimated wind speeds of {{convert|200|-|210|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, a maximum width of {{convert|1.3|mi|km|sigfig=1}}, and a path length of {{convert|17|mi|km|sigfig=1}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=NWSChat |url=https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201305211953-KOUN-NOUS44-PNSOUN |publisher=NOAA |access-date=May 21, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212939/https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201305211953-KOUN-NOUS44-PNSOUN |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/05/20/oklahoma-braces-for-severe-storms/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520221328/http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/05/20/oklahoma-braces-for-severe-storms/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2013 |work=Fox News |title=Mile-wide tornado touches down near Oklahoma City, causing damage for second day in a row |date=May 20, 2013 }}</ref> Entire subdivisions were destroyed; the tornado struck [[Moore Public Schools#Elementary schools|Briarwood]] and [[Plaza Towers Elementary School|Plaza Towers]] elementary schools in Moore while school was in session. The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office reported that 24 people were killed, including 10 children. Over 140 patients, including at least 70 children, were treated at hospitals following the tornado.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hospitals treat more than 140 after Oklahoma tornado, including 70 children |url=http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/05/21/news/doc519ac9795789c866622515.txt |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=New Haven Register |access-date=May 21, 2013 }}</ref> It was the deadliest U.S. tornado since the [[2011 Joplin tornado|Joplin, Missouri tornado]] that killed 158 people in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Whole neighborhoods razed by Oklahoma tornado that killed 24 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tornadoes-idUSBRE94J0TK20130521 |access-date=May 22, 2013 |work=Reuters |date=May 21, 2013 |last1=Gillam |first1=Carey |last2=Simpson |first2=Ian |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153424/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tornadoes-idUSBRE94J0TK20130521 |url-status=live }}</ref>