At least 2 dead after tornadoes strike Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, officials say The tornadoes tore through the Texas Panhandle and the Oklahoma City metropolitan area Wednesday, injuring 12 people in both states.
The largest tornado in the United States ever recorded (in miles-per-hour) killed at least two people Wednesday morning (May 28) in northeast Oklahoma, state officials said.
At least one person in Oklahoma died when a tornado damaged a mobile home, according to Oklahoma City police. The Oklahoma Fire Marshal’s office said the tornado also destroyed three mobile homes and other buildings at a trailer park. The buildings at the trailer park were not among the ones destroyed by Tornado Watch Oklahoma, police said. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management said it was not yet clear whether any other people had died in tornadoes that also struck Texas, Arkansas and Kansas.
The largest tornado in the United States ever recorded (in miles-per-hour) killed at least two people Wednesday morning (May 28) in northeast Oklahoma, state officials said.
In addition to the two people killed in Oklahoma, two deaths were reported in Arkansas. Those deaths bring the state’s total to 13, authorities said.
Oklahoma City police said a woman was killed when a “significant tornado” damaged her mobile home Wednesday morning, The Oklahoman reported.
Earlier, the Oklahoma City Police Department reported 10 others were injured by the tornadoes and wind.
The tornado outbreak that had been expected for the remainder of the week “ended abruptly” when the storms moved away, the National Weather Service said.
The tornadoes’ strongest winds were recorded Thursday morning (May 29), when some tornadoes reached a mile in height, according to the weather service. That made them among the “very strong winds” categories on the weather service’s five-level severity scale.
The weather service called the tornado outbreak “a very dangerous situation.”
It said the “devastating effects” of
