By Deanna Paul Deanna Paul Reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 26 at 10:52 AM A large tornado tore through Oklahoma late Saturday, killing at least two people and leaving a lengthy path of rubble and debris, a decimated motel, overturned cars and downed streetlights.
The tornado ripped through the American Budget Value Inn, causing the second story to collapse, and the Skyview Estates mobile home park, which CBS News reported housed 88 mobile homes.As of Sunday morning, a survey team for the National Weather Service had found EF-2 damage, though the survey was expected to continue into the afternoon. Tornadoes with an EF-2 rating contain winds of approximately 110 to 135 mph.
“We’re trapped,” Garrison said, recalling a phone call to her 32-year-old son for help. After “clearing a path” and removing “a portion of an outside wall,” Garrison’s son was able to rescue his mother and four others, the AP reported. Richard Stephens, police chief in the nearby town of Union City, warned locals that there was a “very dangerous situation tonight in El Reno. Severe damage with serious injuries and fatalities involved.”
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