Emergency crews were nearing the end of their search for survivors last night in the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb where a massive tornado flattened homes and demolished a primary school.

Those who survived the massive tornado that smashed through an Oklahoma City suburb described racing for shelter only to emerge scarred and bloodied on a moon-like landscape of debris.

The search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb raked by a massive tornado was almost complete last night.