An extraordinary number of hurricanes have devastated parts of central US states. According to the authorities, at least five people were killed. Tens of thousands of households were without power.
Hurricane moves through the streets at night
The small town of Sulfur in southern Oklahoma was hit particularly hard on Saturday. A woman died there as the tornado moved through the streets at night. Images and videos published on online networks showed numerous destroyed buildings. Rescue workers moved from house to house and car to car in search of victims and survivors.
According to media reports, at least two people were killed in the city of Holdenville in the same state, including a four-month-old baby. One person also died on a highway in the city of Marietta. According to a report in the Washington Post, a tornado in the town of Ardmore threw debris up to 6,100 meters high. Within two hours of the first hurricane’s passage, two additional storms came close to the site.
Region is known for frequency of tornadoes
After 78 tornadoes were reported on Friday, mainly in the states of Nebraska and Iowa, a new weather front brought 35 hurricanes from northern Texas and Oklahoma to Missouri on Saturday, according to the weather service. In some places, the hurricanes brought up to 18 centimeters of rain.
The region is known for the frequency and strength of tornadoes that pass through the area each spring. However, multiple separate outbreaks in consecutive days are extremely rare, according to meteorologists.