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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 ...
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SHAWNEE, Okla. -- One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for ...
Tornado rips through Edmond homes hospital

EDMOND, Okla. – Sunday’s string of tornadoes started in Edmond but the town didn’t get the worst of the damage. The storms continued on to devastate the Wellston and Twin Lakes areas where at least one person has been confirmed dead. The best part of Edmond’s story is no one was killed during this ...
Gov. Fallin declares state of emergency for 16 Okla. counties

OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for 16 Oklahoma counties after tornadoes tore through the state Sunday. Counties under state of emergency: - Caddo - Cleveland - Comanche - Creek - Garfield - Grant - Greer - Kiowa - Lincoln - Logan - McClain - Okfuskee - Oklahoma - Pawnee - Payne - ...
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Tornadoes ripped through central Oklahoma Sunday evening -- leveling homes in Carney, Dale and Norman, overturning tractor-trailers on Interstate 40 near Shawnee and damaging roofs and trees in southeast ...

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State Of Emergency Declared For 16 Counties After Storms Rip Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a State of Emergency for 16 Oklahoma counties due to tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding that began Saturday. The counties included in the declaration are: Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Creek, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pawnee, Payne and ...
Four-state tornado outbreak kills 1

One tornado touched down near Wellston, Oklahoma, taking out power lines and damaging several homes, according to video from CNN affiliate KFOR. The affiliate's helicopter pilot estimated the funnel cloud to be about a half-mile ...
Storm shelters keep Carney families safe

CARENY, Okla. - Tonight, several families in Carney are picking up the pieces at their homes. A tornado ripped through the south side of town there. Five people survived this storm in one home; five more survived at a home, just down the road. And everyone says it is because of their storm shelters. There is not much left of the home Gary Clark grew up in. "We've lived here for 50 some ...
Tornadoes from huge Midwest storm system level homes in Oklahoma cut power in other states

EDMOND, Okla. - One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. At ...
Tornadoes level homes in Okla. 21 injured

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) -- One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for ...

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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 National Weather Service said.

Another tornado was spotted in nearby Luther, Oklahoma, but it was not immediately clear whether that was the same twister, CNN reported

A third tornado touched down near Wellston, Oklahoma, taking out power lines and damaging several homes, the news channel said citing a video from its affiliate KFOR.

"It's tearing up everything," said the KFOR helicopter's pilot who estimated the funnel cloud to be about a half-mile wide. "Just ripping everything up in its sight."

Aerial video from KFOR and CNN affiliate KOCO showed severe damage near Wellston and near Carney, Oklahoma. Roofs were ripped from homes, branches stripped from trees and roads were filled with debris.

Tornadoes were also reported east of Dale, west of Paden, and near Prague in Oklahoma. Part of Interstate 40 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, was shut down in both directions Sunday night after a tornado touched down, overturning multiple

tractor-trailers. ...