OKLAHOMA CITY – A large, violent tornado ripped through a southern Oklahoma town late Tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others, authorities said. Severe weather also caused damage and power outages in metro Oklahoma City and western Texas.
The death toll rose to eight early Wednesday in the town of Lone Grove and 14 people sustained serious injuries, said Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten.
Structures have been damaged or destroyed throughout the town of about 4,600, some 100 miles south of Oklahoma City, said Chester Agan, assistant emergency manager for Carter County.
Search and rescue crews continued combing through rubble to find victims, Agan said.
"They just got one lady out from under a trailer just a few minutes ago but she was just injured," Agan said.
The tornado was one of several unusual February twisters that touched down in Oklahoma...
The death toll rose to eight early Wednesday in the town of Lone Grove and 14 people sustained serious injuries, said Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten.
Structures have been damaged or destroyed throughout the town of about 4,600, some 100 miles south of Oklahoma City, said Chester Agan, assistant emergency manager for Carter County.
Search and rescue crews continued combing through rubble to find victims, Agan said.
"They just got one lady out from under a trailer just a few minutes ago but she was just injured," Agan said.
The tornado was one of several unusual February twisters that touched down in Oklahoma...
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