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One person was killed and 12 people injured after at least seven
confirmed tornadoes hit the south central U.S. state of Oklahoma on
late Sunday and early Monday, which caused widespread damage to
several towns and cities, authorities said on Monday, Trend reports
citing Xinhua.
The dead was found in Cheyenne in the wake of severe storms,
local media outlet KOCO reported on Monday. Several homes and a
cemetery in the western Oklahoma town were damaged.
None of the injuries are critical, KOCO reported.
Video on social media showed that in the overnight tornadoes and
high winds, roofs were ripped off, brick walls tumbled and an SUV
was flipped onto the hood of another car.
The severe storms knocked over numerous power lines, broke power
poles, and caused thousands of outages across the state on
Monday.
At least two elementary schools were closed on Monday because of
power outages, Norman Public Schools officials said. The National
Weather Service (NWS) on Monday confirmed that at least seven
tornadoes spun up across Oklahoma, resulting at least EF-2 damage
at a few locations and that rating may increase.
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