Severe Weather Kills 8 In Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - 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.
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman
Michelann Ooten says the death toll in the town of Lone Grove rose
to eight early Wednesday and 14 people sustained serious injuries.
Chester Agan, assistant emergency manager for Carter County,
says structures have been damaged or destroyed throughout the town
of about 4,600, located some 100 miles south of Oklahoma City.
Agan says search and rescue crews are combing through rubble to
find victims.

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