We begin tonight with a deadly tornado outbreak spanning several
days,
leveling towns in the heartland.
At least five people are dead,
including a four month old across Oklahoma.
The twisters left a trail of destruction,
dozens of people injured. The governor,
They're declaring a state of emergency in Sulphur,
one of the hardest hit communities.
Homes and businesses there destroyed the powerful winds,
flipped over cars, ripped away roofs and downed power lines,
leaving thousands in Oklahoma in the dark tonight.
More than 130 tornadoes have been reported just since Thursday,
and the severe weather threat continues tonight from Missouri to
Texas.
Our weather team is standing by with the forecast,
but AB CS Melissa Dunn leads us off from the
storm zone.
Oh my God, this is massive.
Tonight at least five people are dead,
including a four month old baby,
and dozens are injured after more than
130 reported tornadoes ripped through several states in the South
and Midwest have
like tornado right here, right here,
right here in Minden, IA.
Several people were injured and one person killed as officials
say nearly half the homes there have been destroyed.
Omaha NE also hit hard.
Trees ripped from the ground,
homes gone. Pretty devastating. It was my wife and I's
dream home.
We're thankful to be alive in Marietta,
OK, where one person lost their life.
This tractor trailer tossed off of this road.
The governor of Oklahoma declaring a state of emergency saying
he's never seen anything like this and you just can't
believe the destruction.
Like it seems like every business in downtown has been
destroyed.
Now. The small town of Sulphur OK was one of
the hardest hit communities during the outbreak.
Jeretta Morris and her husband drove home in their car
during the storm.
They would make it racing into their storm shelter.
But when it was over,
their house was reduced to this.
It's just so sad to look up and down the
street and see what used to be.
And it's not now, and to know that there's so
many people that
are really suffering right now.
The damage in the community of Sulphur is extensive.
Now. Crews have arrived here to the town to help
clean up.
You can see the roofs here collapsing onto a car.
It is going to be a long recovery.
Julie Cox ran this small boutique for 13 years in
Sulphur.
We walked with her as she saw her business for
the first time after the Tornadoes hit the building,
gutted the awning above the storefront ripped off,
those windows shattered. You don't know how much real damage
is done to your
see it with your own eyes.
When you heard that there there was a tornado touching
down in sulphur,
what was going through your mind?
I just was started praying.
That's all we can't do.
And despite the devastating damage,
she tells us she will rebuild.
Yeah, we'll get through it.
Thank you, Lindsay. Authorities say it was an EF3 tornado
that touched down here in sulphur.
And you can see that damaged homes here destroyed and
so many families here,
their livelihood depends on these local businesses that are now
gone.
And yet again tonight, these families on edge for another
round of severe weather,
Lindsay. And we know those nighttime tornadoes can be more
dangerous.
Melissa, thank you.