Severe storms and tornadoes swept through Oklahoma early Sunday, causing injuries and widespread power outages, authorities said.
Severe weather caused damage in the Oklahoma City area, where at least six people were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, said Capt. Valerie Littlejohn of the Oklahoma Police Department. Oklahoma City.
The damage included downed power lines, gas lines, trees and traffic lights, Littlejohn said. Local television reports showed overturned cars, downed trees and power lines and damaged homes. Flooding closed part of an interstate highway in the area and at least one home was damaged by a tornado near Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, CBS News affiliate KWTV reported.
Nearly 95,000 customers were without power in the state, according to PowerOutage.us.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch 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 eastern Oklahoma City toward Midwest City and the Air Force Base at Tinker.
The message warned: “If you are in the path of this storm, take shelter immediately! »
