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Tornado Strikes Oklahoma City Area of U.S.

A tornado swept across Oklahoma City, U.S. as the afternoon rush hour began Thursday, flattening dozens of homes and businesses in a scene eerily similar to a devastating twister that hit in the same area four years ago.


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A tornado swept across Oklahoma City, U.S. as the afternoon rush hour began Thursday, flattening dozens of homes and businesses in a scene eerily similar to a devastating twister that hit in the same area four years ago.

At least 118 people were injured, 20 critically, said Paul O'Leary, spokesman for the Oklahoma City ambulance service. There were no reports of fatalities, although O'Leary said a man who came to a local hospital from an area hit by the storm died of a heart attack.

The storm did heavy damage to the General Motors plant in southeast Oklahoma City and hit Tinker Air Force Base.

Forty-four people were killed when tornadoes moved through the state on May 3, 1999, including a huge funnel that hit central Oklahoma. That twister was rated an F5 on the Fujita scale, the most powerful rating. Television forecasters estimated Thursday's storm at at least an F3.

Source: Agencies


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