Severe storms and reported tornadoes swept across Oklahoma early Sunday, causing injuries and widespread power outages, according to authorities.
A destructive path of severe weather included damage in the Oklahoma City area, where at least six people were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, said Oklahoma City Police Capt. Valerie Littlejohn.
The damage included downed power lines, gas lines, trees and traffic lights and signs, Littlejohn said. Local television reports showed overturned cars, downed trees and power lines, and damaged homes. Flooding closed part of an area highway and at least one home was damaged by a tornado near Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, KWTV reported to CBS News.
Nearly 95,000 customers in the state were without power, according to PowerOutage.us.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for parts of Oklahoma and Texas on Sunday morning, set to expire at 9 a.m. Central Time. A social media post from the agency’s office in Norman, Oklahoma, shortly before 1:30 a.m. reported a severe thunderstorm with a tornado moving through east Oklahoma City toward Midwest City and Tinker Air Force Base.
The post warned: “If you are in the path of this storm, take cover immediately!”
