Two killed as tornadoes sweep across Oklahoma

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Two people have been killed by strong tornadoes that swept across portions of southern Oklahoma&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emergency services said one twister hit the town of Wynnewood as a number of violent storms raked the Southern Plains and the Ozark mountains&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The emergency director in Garvin County&comma; Bud Ramming&comma; said a man believed to have been in his late 70s was found dead in a home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Elsewhere&comma; police in Johnston County said a man died near the town of Connerville&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of the weather was so bad that forecasters declared a tornado emergency for the towns of Roff and Hickory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The tornado emergency notice said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;You are in a life-threatening situation&period; Flying debris will be deadly to those caught without shelter&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One person sustained minor injuries in Murray County&comma; where the tornado moved slowly through a rural area on its path that would take it south of Roff&comma; said Gary Ligon&comma; Murray County&&num;8217&semi;s emergency management director&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the injured person was taken to hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Storm Prediction Centre in Norman&comma; Oklahoma&comma; warned that twisters as far north as Nebraska and Iowa could develop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bad weather should settle in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on Tuesday&comma; forecasters said&comma; while another storm system should bring bad weather to the area from north Texas to near St Louis on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Monday&&num;8217&semi;s series of violent thunderstorms dropped tornadoes near Oklahoma City and in the rolling hills south of the city&comma; destroying some homes and barns&period; Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed Interstate 35 near Wynnewood for 15 minutes so the storm could pass&comma; temporarily shutting down the primary route between Oklahoma City and Dallas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meteorologists said twisters with wind speeds above 110mph were possible from eastern Oklahoma to central Arkansas&period; Hail 2in or more in diameter was possible from eastern Texas to south-eastern Kansas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About 41 million people from Houston to Sioux City&comma; Iowa&comma; were at risk for some type of stormy weather&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0b6e2558a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0b6e2558a'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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