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| Deadly tornado strikes Oklahoma | Deadly tornado strikes Oklahoma |
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| At least eight people have been killed by a tornado which tore into a town in the US state of Oklahoma. | At least eight people have been killed by a tornado which tore into a town in the US state of Oklahoma. |
| The tornado swept through a swathe of the town of Lone Grove on Tuesday evening, reports said. Local reports said up to 15 people had died. | The tornado swept through a swathe of the town of Lone Grove on Tuesday evening, reports said. Local reports said up to 15 people had died. |
| The tornado, one of at least three in the area, also left 14 people injured, a spokeswoman for the state emergency management department said. | |
| Several buildings in the town of about 4,600 were destroyed by the tornado. | Several buildings in the town of about 4,600 were destroyed by the tornado. |
| Thousands of people were said to be without power in Oklahoma and neighbouring Texas following the seasonally unusual twisters. | |
| The tornado storms also produced large hail stonesIn Lone Grove - about 100 miles (160 km) south of Oklahoma City - rescue workers were combing through rubble to find survivors. | |
| "They just got one lady out from under a trailer just a few minutes ago but she was just injured," Chester Agan, assistant emergency manager for Carter County, told Associated Press news agency. | |
| Damage was also reported elsewhere in the state, including Edmund, a suburb of Oklahoma City. | |
| The National Weather Department has warned that conditions in the east of the state are ripe for further tornadoes to form until 0600 (1200 GMT) on Wednesday. |