The Governor of Oklahoma has declared a state of emergency for Osage County, where an EF-4 tornado touched down roughly 40 miles north of Tulsa overnight Monday. By Tuesday morning, the town of Barnsdall was grappling with the devastation, as this comes just weeks after the town was hit by an EF-1 tornado.
A natural gas leak and numerous road closings due to debris were reported early Tuesday morning, according to Osage County Emergency Management. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt toured the damage and addressed reporters Tuesday afternoon. Dozens of homes were leveled after taking a direct hit. Joy Washington told NBC 5 she’d lived in her house some 50 years. Within minutes, everything was ripped apart.The same community in Northeast Oklahoma was struck by an EF1 tornado just weeks ago. NBC 5’s Candace Swear has more on what residents are dealing with.“Just disbelief when I came out here and seen my roof here was gone and I seen the roof back there was gone,” Washington said.
“It’s just really hard to put into words what we’re dealing with right now, but we have a great community, we’re going to pull together,” Gott said.
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