At Least 5 Dead in Oklahoma and Iowa as Nighttime Tornadoes Strike

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U.S.|At Least 5 Dead in Oklahoma and Iowa as Nighttime Tornadoes Strike

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An infant was among those killed, officials said. Parts of five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas — were under a tornado watch on Sunday.

1. Sulphur, Okla.

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2. Sulphur, Okla.

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3. Sulphur, Okla.

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4. Sulphur, Okla.

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5. Sulphur, Okla.

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6. Elkhorn, Neb.

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7. Minden, Iowa

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8. Minden, Iowa

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9. Elkhorn, Neb.

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10. Elkhorn, Neb.

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Published April 27, 2024Updated April 29, 2024

Severe thunderstorms and high winds over the weekend left at least five people dead in Oklahoma and Iowa, including an infant, as a series of tornadoes ripped through the Great Plains, the authorities said.

As thunderstorms moved east on Sunday, more than four million people in parts of five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas — were under a tornado watch, meaning that tornadoes were possible over the next few hours. There were also threats of wind damage and large hail, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

The tornadoes hit parts of Iowa on Friday and Oklahoma on Saturday. The cities of Sulphur, Holdenville and Ardmore, Okla., were especially hard hit, according to the National Weather Service.

A man died in Minden, Iowa, on Saturday, succumbing to storm-related injuries, Craig Carlsen, a spokesman for Pottawattamie County, said by telephone on Sunday.

Keli Cain, the public affairs director for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, said on Sunday that the state's medical examiner had confirmed two storm-related fatalities in Holdenville and another on Interstate 35, 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. Shelters and emergency kitchens had opened to house and feed displaced residents as local officials coordinated search-and-rescue efforts.

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