Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (THE OKLAHOMAN, PAUL HELLSTERN/AP Photo)

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

8:02 AM - The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.

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