Tornadoes tear through central US

Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

Deadly Twisters Tear Through Central Oklahoma

SHAWNEE, Oklahoma - Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth ...

1 dead after Shawnee tornado

SHAWNEE, Okla. -- An Oklahoma sheriff is crediting early warnings for a low death toll during a tornado outbreak that ravaged the Plains and ...

Another storm system poised to hit Oklahoma

The National Weather Service says baseball-sized hail and tornadoes are possible Monday afternoon and evening in Oklahoma. Forecasters say a large section of central and eastern Oklahoma is at a moderate risk for the severe weather. The moderate risk area includes Oklahoma City and ...

Red Cross response to Oklahoma tornado outbreak

The American Red Cross continues to respond to the areas impacted by Sunday tornadoes, according to a news release Monday morning. Officials report at least 310 structures were damaged or destroyed in Oklahoma. Most of the tornado damage Sunday was in Pottawatomie ...