Five killed as tornado hits U.S. states of Oklahoma, Texas

At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Wednesday as severe weather hit the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas, according to officials.

A tornado touched down in Marshall County, Oklahoma around 5.00 p.m. local time (2200 GMT), leaving two people dead and another person in critical condition at a hospital, local media reported, quoting Robert Chaney, the county’s Emergency Management Director.

Several vehicles were thrown into trees and the tornado caused damage to two steel manufacturing companies, Chaney was quoted as saying.

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management said the tornado had damaged at least 12 homes, businesses and power lines in Marshall County.

In Polk County, Texas, at least three people were killed and between 20 and 30 people injured after storms ripped through multiple neighbourhoods in the area around dinnertime, according to the Polk County Office of Emergency Management.

 Source - The Nation Online