24 people have been confirmed killed in the deadly tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma on Monday.

Nine of the 24 killed were children, seven of whom were at the Plaza Towers Elementary School, which took a direct hit when the tornado struck. All that was left behind of the school after the EF4 catagory twister struck was a few walls. The school was considered the most secure and structurally sound building in the town. Rescuers from over a dozen fire departments worked through the night searching though the rubble.

Another 85 people were at a trauma center this morning being treated for their injuries. 60 of those at the center with injuries were children.

The town did not fare much better, the town was flattened, with cars strewn around the landscape, homes gone, what trees left littered with debris. The hospital was destroyed. Today, the community is still without power and water.

The members of the community had about 16 minutes warning before the tornado, like a two-mile -wide locomotive, plowed through the town at 3:01 pm Monday.

Rescue efforts are hampered by weather today as lightening continues to strike and rain comes down while searchers continue to dig through the rubble.

President Obama promised today that the area will have all the resources that they need at their disposal, the president issued a disaster proclamation last night.

“As a nation, our full focus right now is on the urgent work of rescue, and the hard work of recovery and rebuilding that lies ahead.” Obama stated.

He continued, “I’ve met with Secretary Napolitano this morning and my Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor, Lisa Monaco, to underscore that point that Oklahoma needs to get everything that it needs right away. The FEMA Administrator, Craig Fugate, is on his way to Oklahoma as we speak.”

A spokeman for Oklahoma’s Republican Senator Tom Coburn stated today that the senator supports aid to the disaster victims, but that the aid sent should be off-set by cutting other areas of the federal budget.

Oklahoma’s other senator, Republican James Inhofe also supports aid for the victims of the tornado. Inhofe voted against aid to the victims of hurricane Sandy, but he said that the two situations are “totally different.”