According to local media reports Tornadoes that tore through central US states have killed at least five people, including a baby who was four months old.
Twelve counties in Oklahoma have declared states of emergency; four of the deaths, including the baby’s, occurred in the town of Holdenville.
The fifth was reported on Sunday in Iowa, where officials in Pottawattamie County said a man critically injured during a tornado had died.
Punishing storms that began late on Saturday in Oklahoma injured at least 100 people, damaged a rural hospital, washed out roads and knocked out power to more than 40,000 customers at one point, state officials said. Tornadoes on Friday in Iowa and Nebraska also caused wide destruction and were blamed for one death.The destruction was extensive in Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people south of Oklahoma City, whereports a tornado crumpled many downtown buildings, tossed cars and buses.