Another tornado touches down near Okla. City; at least 2 killed, 21 injured

[brooklynite]

Source: CBS News

Another tornado touched down near Oklahoma City and is moving northeast, the National Weather Service confirmed, bringing more dangerous weather that has already claimed the lives of two people since Sunday.

The new twister is just one of several created by a storm system that swept through the nation's midsection Sunday and into Monday, with damage concentrated in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. A tornado watch is in effect for northeastern Oklahoma Counties

Twenty-one injuries were reported.

On Monday spokeswoman Amy Elliot of the Oklahoma state medical examiner's office identified the two people confirmed dead from Sunday's storms as 79-year-old Glen Irish and 76-year-old Billy Hutchinson. Both men were from Shawnee.


http://kfor.com/2013/05/19/weather-tornadoes-on-ground-watches-warnings-across-state/



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57585240/another-tornado-touches-down-near-okla-city-at-least-2-killed-21-injured/

[hamsterjill]

1. Speechless.

I pray all in its path can get to safety. How truly horrible!

[dhill926]

2. watching on MSNBC....

just heartbreaking.....school totally destroyed.....

[RebelOne]

3. Watching also. Total devastation. n/t

[alfredo]

8. Maybe 75 kids were in the school.

[Yooperman]

4. Here is a link to some live streaming

from a local TV station....

Devastating.... words can't really convey this tragedy.

http://kfor.com/on-air/live-streaming/

[alfredo]

5. The storm was a mile wide with winds over 300mph. It's not over more on the ground.

[dipsydoodle]

9. BBC reported 2 miles wide

and unprecedented devastation.

[alfredo]

10. April was so calm compared to this month.

[Champion Jack]

12. Climate chaos is here

[alfredo]

13. And it smells like soot.

[Z_I_Peevey]

6. another going toward Pauls Valley now

damn

[hack89]

7. Live radar feed

http://kfor.com/weather/severe-weather-radar/

[alfredo]

11. Big hook in Northern Tx.