These four were among 1,000 people forced to evacuate Salisbury Beach, Mass., where one home was damaged by a wave and others were threatened. (Photo by Bryan Eaton / Daily News of Newburyport, Mass.)
An EMT worker helps people evacuate Salisbury Beach, Mass., at high tide on Saturday morning. (Photo by Bryan Eaton / Daily News of Newburyport, Mass.)
Roads in Salisbury beach were closed when they were inundated by a storm surge at high tide Saturday. (Photo by Bryan Eaton / Daily News of Newburyport, Mass.)
Ella, Lara and Will Roelofs are kings of this mountain of snow in Newburyport, Mass., on Saturday morning. (Courtesy photo / Daily News of Newburyport)
Richard Langlois, of North Andover, Mass., sends a spray of snow towards his wife Nicole Lacoursiere, as he clears the driveway and she shovels the walkway of their home. (Photo by Mary Schwalm/The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.)
Ben McQuate, 12, shovels the walkway for home owner Richard Miller, left, with his brothers Mitchell and Ross in North Andover, Mass. (Photo by Mary Schwalm/The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.)
SALISBURY, Mass. — Authorities forced about 1,000 residents to evacuate Salisbury Beach, Mass., as a storm surge raked the ocean-front community during a winter storm that lived up to its billing Friday and Saturday.
Coastal damage was also reported in Gloucester, and a potentially record-setting snowfall shut down much of Massachusetts and New England.
Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis wants tornado shelters in all new homes in his city, where an EF-5 tornado damaged or destroyed more than 12,500 homes Monday afternoon. A proposed ordinance would require a shelter inside or outside each new residence.
Rescue workers, tornado victims find respite in college dorms
Familar faces at the University of Oklahoma - including President David Boren and head football coach Bob Stoops - personally greeted rescuers.
Mom delivered baby as tornado struck
Shayla Taylor was so far along in labor that her nurses at Moore Medical Center decided not to move her when Monday's tornado hit. They waited out the storm in an operating room, where the wall disappeared as the tornado hit the building.
Storm-weary residents return to their homes
On Wednesday afternoon, residents of this Oklahoma City suburb were allowed back into their neighborhoods for the first time since an EF-5 tornado devastated much of the city. For many, it was a salvage operation,
The devastation wrought by the tornado that roared through Moore, Okla., Monday afternoon can be told by adding up the numbers.
Troy McElmurry was out of town when Monday's tornado hit Moore. Now he's missing his home, his neighbor and his new Nissan Pathfinder. And he's unsure if he'll rebuild.
Teacher's aide shielded students from storm
Maylene Sorrels, 35, huddled over students at Plaza Towers Elementary School as a tornado with winds stronger than 200 mph ripped apart the building. Sorrels and anotehr teacher talked to the students, sang to them, rubbed their backs and comforted them until the storm passed.
Oklahoma tornado victims identified
Among the dead are seven children who huddled from the storm inside a local elementary school.
Photos: Recovery effort continues in Oklahoma
Moore, Okla., was hit by a tornado packing winds some say were in excess of 200 mph. The rescue and recovery mission continued throughout the day and night.
Harrowing scene inside elementary school destroyed by tornado
"All of us teachers were covering as many heads as we could," said Kelly Law, a teacher's assistant at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., who took cover from Monday's tornado with students and other teachers inside a hallway and bathrooms.
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