According to the National Weather Service, at least 15 tornadoes had touched down in the central United States as of Monday evening, including seven in Oklahoma. As of early Tuesday morning, tornado warnings had been issued for more than eight million people in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas. New York times.
A tornado killed one person in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, on Monday evening, Osage County Sheriff Eddie Verden said, adding that the tornado may have been as wide as three feet. He added that emergency responders went house to house early Tuesday morning searching for those injured.
The tornado destroyed about a third of the small town, with several people injured and taken to the hospital in about 20 ambulances, said Jerry Roberts, director of Osage County Emergency Management. The tornado also lifted the roof at a nursing home in Barnsdall, said Stephen Cobb, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Tulsa.
As the storm arrived, the National Weather Service issued a “rare tornado” warning for about 30 minutes for parts of Osage County in Oklahoma and Washington County, warning of catastrophic damage and serious threats to life.
The tornado damaged power lines along its path from Barnsdall to Bartlesville, knocking out power to entire towns, Cobb said.
In Bartlesville, city officials said emergency services rescued people trapped from a Hampton Inn and restored downed power lines early Tuesday morning. There were reports of minor injuries, but the number of injured was not determined.
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