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Powerful twister strikes Oklahoma, killing at least 2 people

Posted at 8:47 PM, May 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-09 21:20:20-04

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — Two people have been killed by strong tornadoes that swept across portions of southern Oklahoma.

Johnston County Sheriff’s Sgt. Stacey Pulley says a man died Monday near the town of Connerville. A storm earlier in the day killed a man in a home near Wynnewood.

The Storm Prediction Center had said the Plains and Arkansas.

Some of Monday’s weather has been so bad that forecasters declared a “tornado emergency” for the towns of Roff and Hickory, which were in the path of a storm.

About 41 million people from Houston to Sioux City, Iowa, are at risk for some type of stormy weather.