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Deadly tornados tore through several Oklahoma communities on May 19, 20 and 31, 2013. These are the stories of natural disaster and its aftermath, and of communities healing and recovering.

School Year Begins In Moore, Oklahoma

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Students are back in school in Moore, Oklahoma, nearly three months after a deadly tornado tore through town.

The storm killed a total of 25 people, including seven third-graders who had hunkered down at the Plaza Towers Elementary School with their teachers.

With the new school year starting, Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti checks in with Moore Public Schools Superintendent Robert Romines on how students and teachers are coping, and how schools are being built for tornado safety.  

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