At least five people have been injured in Oklahoma City, and numerous homes and businesses received major damage because of the tornadoes. Crews are still working to clear debris from roadways and restore power.
Tens of millions of people in the central U.S. from Texas to the Midwest will be on alert for severe weather through the start of the workweek as cleanup efforts continue in the Oklahoma City metro after tornadoes left widespread damage and injuries across the region.So far, the National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma, said survey teams found damage consistent with at least an EF-2 tornado in Valley Book, Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma City area has already been hit hard by severe weather, and the threat will continue throughout the day on Sunday and into the start of the new workweek on Monday.NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center says severe thunderstorms will be possible across a wide area of the southern and central Plains.
Powerful storms are possible in cities like Dallas and Houston in Texas, as well as Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma and St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri.However, the SPC placed nearly 2 million people from East Texas through eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas and southwestern Missouri in a Level 3 out of 5 risk for severe weather.Thunderstorms that develop on Monday will be capable of producing tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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