May 07, 2015
One person was killed and about a dozen others injured by tornadoes that touched down near Oklahoma City, part of a storm system that flattened homes and caused flooding in several Great Plains states, officials said on Thursday.
One woman who sought safety in her home's storm shelter died when it flooded in Wednesday night's storms, Oklahoma police said, according to local media reports.
The weather system battered a region from Texas to Nebraska and spawned dozens of reported tornadoes on Wednesday. Storms are expected in the same region on Thursday, raising the possibility of more tornadoes, forecasters said.
Six people from a mobile-home park damaged by a tornado southwest of Oklahoma City were taken to an Integris hospital in the region, including an 80-year-old woman in critical condition with hip injuries, spokeswoman Brooke Cayot said.
Thousands of homes and business in Oklahoma were without power on Thursday morning, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission said.
