KOCO 5 – Tornado leaves behind significant damage in southeast OKC neighborhood. The tornado hit near Sooner Road and Interstate 240.
The tornado hit near Sooner Road and Interstate 240. KOCO 5’s Kolby Terrell went to a nearby neighborhood by Southeast 89th Street, where several homes have significant damage, and mangled metal was left behind.
First responders are going through the neighborhood cautiously as there is a lot of debris thrown about, some of which has nails.
A resident told KOCO 5 that he was sitting on his porch when the storm approached. He decided to go inside when the rain and wind started picking up.
The tornado then caused his front window and door to blow out. He said he’s still in shock and having a hard time processing what happened.
At least six people were injured as severe thunderstorms moved across parts of Oklahoma early Sunday, with tornadoes and flooding reported overnight, authorities said.
Video of the damage from CNN affiliate KOCO shows cars overturned and whole houses shredded. The storms toppled telephone poles and snapped trees in half. Debris is scattered around impacted areas, including large pieces of wood and metal from buildings that were ripped apart.
About 95,000 customers in Oklahoma were without power Sunday morning, according to poweroutage.us.
Tornadoes were reported just east of Oklahoma City, and tornado and thunderstorm warnings are in place in the Oklahoma City area, the National Weather Service said.
