Two people are dead after the possible tornado touched down in El Reno, according to Canadian County Emergency Management Director Andrew Skidmore. Multiple people were injured as it likely tore through a mobile home park, Fire Chief Kent Lagaly told CNN.
It is too early to tell if the death toll will rise, Skidmore said, and the number of injured is still unknown.
Lagaly said that authorities are going door to door to find any victims.
A hotel next to the mobile home park also suffered serious damage, Lagaly said.
Thirty-four people were in the American Budget Value Inn, according to CNN affiliate KFOR. First responders are working to get people out.
There are confirmed injuries in the hotel, the station said, but it is not yet clear how many.
All guests have been accounted for, the hotel's owner Ramesh Patel said. One employee broke a leg and is being treated at the hospital, he said.
Severe weather is not expected through the rest of Sunday morning, the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma said on Twitter.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/26/us/oklahoma-el-reno-tornado/index.html
2019-05-26 07:26:00Z
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