Four people in Oklahoma killed by tornadoes

Tornadoes in Oklahoma killed four people, including a baby, and left many people without power. The severe weather destroyed buildings in a rural town and injured over 100 people across the state.

Over 20,000 people did not have electricity for many hours after tornadoes started on Saturday night. A tornado in Sulphur, a town with 5,000 people, caused a lot of damage by smashing downtown buildings, throwing cars and buses, and taking off the roofs of houses in a 15-block area.

“You can’t imagine how much damage there is,” said Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt when he visited the town that was hit hard. “It looks like all the shops in the downtown area have been ruined. ”

Stitt said around 30 people were hurt in Sulphur, including some who were in a bar when the tornado hit. Hospitals in Oklahoma said about 100 people got hurt. Some were hit by falling things or hurt when they fell. A baby was one of the people who died, according to Mike Dockrey, who works for Hughes County Emergency Management. He told the news on Oklahoma TV station KOCO.

White House people said that President Joe Biden talked to Gov. Stitt on Sunday and promised the government’s full help.

The severe weather in Oklahoma is one of many tornadoes that have caused a lot of damage in the middle of the country since Friday. On Sunday, officials in Iowa said a man who got hurt during a tornado in Minden on Friday died, according to local news.

Officials said that the tornado in Sulphur started in a city park and then went through the downtown area, causing damage to cars and buildings. The strong wind blew the windows and doors out of buildings, but the buildings were still standing.

“How can we fix it. This is total destruction,” said Kelly Trussell, who has lived in Sulphur her whole life, as she looked at the damage. “It’s overwhelming, you want to help but don’t know where to begin. ”

Carolyn Goodman went to Sulphur from the nearby town of Ada to look for her ex-sister-in-law. Goodman said her ex-sister-in-law was at a bar in the area just before the tornado came. Stitt said they found a person dead inside a bar, but the police don’t know who it is yet.

Goodman said the bar was ruined. “I don’t think they will find her alive. ” “But I really wish that she is still alive. ”

In the north, a tornado near Holdenville town caused the death of two people and damaged or destroyed over a dozen homes, as reported by the Hughes County Emergency Medical Service. Someone else died on Interstate 35 near the southern Oklahoma city of Marietta, according to state officials.


The big storms in Oklahoma brought a lot of rain and caused dangerous floods. People had to be rescued from the water. Flooding shut down the Chickasaw National Recreation Area near Sulphur and a bridge was destroyed by the storms.

Stitt made a rule on Sunday saying that there is a big problem in 12 counties because of bad weather.

At the Sulphur High School gym, families hid from the storm. Jackalyn Wright and her family heard a noise like a helicopter when the tornado hit the area.

Chad Smith, who is 43 years old, said that people hurried into the gym when the wind started to get stronger. The rain started to come down harder and the doors closed with a loud noise. Smith said, “I want a beer and a chair for the lawn. Then, I will sit outside and watch. ” Instead, he hid to protect himself.

People in other states were also clearing up the damage caused by the storm. A big spinning storm in a town near Omaha, Nebraska, destroyed houses and shops on Saturday. It went through farmland and neighborhoods for a long way and then hit a town in Iowa.

The tornado started damaging things on Friday afternoon near Lincoln, Nebraska. A big building in Lancaster County got hit and fell down while 70 people were inside. Some people were stuck, but everyone was saved, and the three people who got hurt were not in danger of dying, according to officials.

One or maybe two tornadoes slowly moved towards Omaha for about an hour, causing damage similar to that of a strong tornado with winds of 135 to 165 m.p.h, according to Chris Franks, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Omaha.

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen and Iowa Governor [name]. Kim Reynolds went around on Saturday to see the damage and help the affected communities. Officials are still figuring out how much damage there is, but the states will ask the government for help.