Tornado watch: Violent storm moves through Oklahoma

Kristi Eaton
Associated Press
May 25, 2011

A violent storm system powering through a wide swath of the Midwest and South on Wednesday spawned tornadoes and powerful winds that turned homes into splintered wreckage and cars into crumpled shells and killed at least 13 people.

The system, which followed closely behind the one that spawned the massive twister that struck Joplin, Mo., and killed more than 120 people, moved into the Oklahoma City area Tuesday evening as worried commuters rushed home from work.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 9:23 am

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