AP News in Brief at 5:58 am EDT
5 confirmed dead in northwest Oklahoma after tornadoes, severe storms lash Midwest and Plains
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Tornadoes reported across the Midwest and Plains on Saturday and early Sunday left five people dead in Oklahoma and damaged houses, a hospital, a jail, an Air Force base and other buildings around the region, officials said.
Oklahoma authorities said five people died early Sunday after a tornado hit in and around the northwest Oklahoma town of Woodward. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Keli Cain said the state medical examiner's office confirmed the fatalities in the Woodward area. She didn't know the gender or age of the victims or details of their deaths.
Authorities said there were injuries but details were still sketchy and the number and severity of the injured wasn't immediately available. Woodward police said search and rescue units from several areas had headed to the damage area soon after the tornado.
The National Weather Service said the tornado hit at 12:18 a.m. Sunday.
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