Amber Landis walks among the remains of her home in Moore, Oklahoma, which was destroyed by an EF5 tornado on May 3, 1999. Forty-six people were killed in a <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fus%2Foklahoma-1999-tornado%2Findex.html">string of tornadoes</a> that tore through Oklahoma on May 3, 1999, the strongest of which was an EF5 that hit the towns of Moore, Bridge Creek, Newcastle, Midwest City and Del City. Now this section of the country is dealing with <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fus%2Fsevere-weather%2Findex.html%3Fhpt%3Dhp_t1">a fresh disaster that has eclipsed the 1999 outbreak</a>. Click through the gallery to see more pictures from 1999:
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Amber Landis walks among the remains of her home in Moore, Oklahoma, which was destroyed by an EF5 tornado on May 3, 1999. Forty-six people were killed in a string of tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma on May 3, 1999, the strongest of which was an EF5 that hit the towns of Moore, Bridge Creek, Newcastle, Midwest City and Del City. Now this section of the country is dealing with a fresh disaster that has eclipsed the 1999 outbreak. Click through the gallery to see more pictures from 1999:
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Nan Goines, right, hugs her granddaughter Ashley Thomas, on May 5, 1999, in front of the remains of her home in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
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Nan Goines, right, hugs her granddaughter Ashley Thomas, on May 5, 1999, in front of the remains of her home in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
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Destroyed homes lie in ruin in a section of Midwest City on May 5, 1999.
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Destroyed homes lie in ruin in a section of Midwest City on May 5, 1999.
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Peggy Lipscomb salvages belongings from what is left of her home in southeast Oklahoma City on May 4, 1999, following a series of deadly tornadoes that tore through the state.
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Peggy Lipscomb salvages belongings from what is left of her home in southeast Oklahoma City on May 4, 1999, following a series of deadly tornadoes that tore through the state.
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Nan Goines reacts as she looks at the remains of her daughter home on May 5, 1999, in Midwest City.
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Nan Goines reacts as she looks at the remains of her daughter home on May 5, 1999, in Midwest City.
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Moore residents remove possessions from their tornado-ravaged homes on May 4, 1999.
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Moore residents remove possessions from their tornado-ravaged homes on May 4, 1999.
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Velma Briscoe of Moore sits in front of what was her home on May 4, 1999.
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Velma Briscoe of Moore sits in front of what was her home on May 4, 1999.
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Residents survey the damage in Oklahoma City on May 4, 1999, following a series of deadly tornadoes that ravaged the state.
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Residents survey the damage in Oklahoma City on May 4, 1999, following a series of deadly tornadoes that ravaged the state.
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