The National Meteorological Service (NWS) informed about seventeen tornadoes that swept on Saturday, of which five of them affected the south-central Oklahoma.
On Easter Sunday, the inhabitants of Texas and Oklahoma began a dramatic assessment of the losses caused by these violent phenomena.
Among the fatalities was a woman and a twelve -year -old boy, whose vehicle was kidnapped by turbulent flood waters near Oklahoma City.
“It was an unprecedented weather phenomenon, which led to dozens of incidents related to a rapid increase in water level throughout the city,” the police said in a Sunday statement, cited by the AP agency.
According to the Department of Crisis Management of Hughes, another fatal sacrifice was recorded about 130 kilometers to the southeast, when Tornado hit the town of Spaulding. The element completely destroyed many houses and buildings, and numerous roads have become impassable.
Oklahoma and Texas under the pressure of destructive storms and tornadoes
NWS, based on preliminary analyzes, estimated the wind speed at 138 to 177 km per hour. Similar tornado also swept south of Oklahoma City, in Love. Marshall was experienced by tornado, which damaged or equalized at least 20 houses to the ground.
The city of Ada, which still rises after the March tornado, was again haunted by at least one subsequent one.
Saturday brought at least two tornadoes in Parker in Texas. Emergency services intervened with many houses that were deprived of roofs. The element damaged buildings and infrastructure.
On Sunday, the storm front moved to the northeast, reaching Arkansas, Missouri, South Illinois and the south-eastern part of Iowa. Meteorologists warned against the further risk of floods in the region of large plains. They forecasted further heavy rains to the already soaked water with water and at the river water level increased.
