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Caption:		Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Rene Faulkinberry and her daughter Nicole were still unpacking boxes three days after moving into their new Oklahoma City home when a swarm of twisters ripped through the area. "That's where we were," says Renee, pointing to a small closet-cum-cave hollowed out in the debris where she and her 16-year-old daughter, Nicole, huddled during the storm. "The closet light was stayed on through the entire tornado, and it didn't turn off until three men came and pulled us out. It was like God reminding me that He was there with us, and He would be there until help came." The killer tornadoes destroyed 2,625 families homes and claimed 44 lives. World Vision immediately launched a survivors' relief operation, providing $500,000 worth of new clothing, shoes, personal care items, dinnerware, cleaning supplies, toys and games to more than 6,400 individuals. These goods were donated by corporations and more than 500 volunteers from 23 local churches and community groups helped distribute the supplies to 1, 635 families. Photo by Cathy MacCaul/World Vision.
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