Several killed as tornadoes rip through Oklahoma

Mother Nature struck with deadly and violent Force this weekend as dozens of tornadoes ripped through the plains the hardest hit State Oklahoma take a look at this Devastation this is the small city of sulfur home to only 5,000 people some 85 miles Southeast of Oklahoma City much of Main Street as you can see reduced to Rubble lives shredded at least four deaths reported in the state including an infant more than 100 tornadoes are reported to have struck since Friday the flurry starting in Nebraska and tonight the threat of severe weather remains in Texas Louisiana Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma CBS say Omar via franka is in Sulfur Oklahoma and leads off our coverage tonight Omar good evening to you good evening last night wave upon wave of storms pounded Oklahoma and take a look at some of this damage here behind me trees snapped in half behind those trees buildings missing the roof walls collapsed thousands of people are still without power and many more are trying to pick up the pieces large tornado confirmed on the ground moving North just south of sulfur violent storms ravaged Oklahoma overnight heck listen to it the small city of sulfur devastated after taking a direct hit downtown destroy at Sunrise the widespread damage revealed the tornado shredding buildings turning them into piles of metal and brick 19-year-old Addie Gordon was helping out at the local steakhouse when she heard sirens and ran for cover as we're running through the building to get down to that basement the glasses all shattering out of the windows and it's just like a bomb went off at any point were you scared oh I screamed I thought I was going to pee myself it's so much worse in person just so hard to wrap your mind around Dana vanderver and Donna Lewis's business was wiped out one day after the store's grand opening it's too soon to even think about it really don't know what we'll do dozens of tornadoes ripped through the plains this weekend impacting millions in the city of Marietta near the Texas Oklahoma border a tornado carved a canyon through this Dollar Tree warehouse the National Weather Service says a preliminary report of this storm called it an ef3 and that's wind speeds of at least 136 m per hour and residents here are saying clean up will take weeks Jerica yeah those pictures say it all Omar via franka thank you

Channel: CBS Evening News

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Keywords: Oklahoma, Severe Weather, Tornado, Clips, U.S.

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Length: 2min 37sec (157 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 28 2024