Severe thunderstorms and high winds on Saturday night left at least four people dead in Oklahoma, including an infant, injured residents and destroyed homes, the authorities said, as more than two dozen tornadoes were reported overnight.
A series of tornadoes ripped through parts of the state, striking particularly hard the cities of Sulphur, Holdenville and Ardmore, according to the Weather Service.
Keli Cain, the public affairs director for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, said on Sunday that the state’s medical examiner confirmed three-storm related fatalities, two in Holdenville, and one on Interstate 34, near Marietta.
At a news conference on Sunday, Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma announced that a fourth person had died, in Sulphur. At least 100 other people were injured across the state, the department said on Sunday.
Shelters and emergency kitchens had opened to house and feed displaced residents, while local officials coordinated search-and-rescue efforts, the department said.
A man and an infant girl were those killed in Holdenville, the Hughes County Emergency Medical Service said on Sunday.
