A destructive tornado swept across the state of Oklahoma. A PHOTO. VIDEO
Photo: Twitter / @ fremontNM
An unusually late summer tornado swept through Tulsa, Oklahoma, on August 6, wounding dozens of people and destroying part of the downtown shopping district.
According to the National Weather Service estimates, the wind speed in the air funnel reached 217 km per hour, reports Huffington Post.
Photo: Twitter / @ PSOklahoma
Photo: Twitter / @ TiffanyAlaniz
About 30 people went to a local hospital with injuries resulting from tornadoes, two of them were seriously injured, threatening their lives.
#Tulsa #tornado #f2 Praying for all the families & businesses #oklahoma pic.twitter.com/x9UXJSq6h8
- David M. Hernandez II (@ digger1616) August 6
The tornado also caused damage to buildings, pollution of roads with debris and a cliff of power lines, about 17 thousands of Talsi residents were left without electricity.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, spawned EF2 tornado confirming storm NWS, with wind speeds up to 135 mph https://t.co/Swn0oWBx9S pic.twitter.com/ltwrxmX4Ff
- ABC News (@ABC) August 6
According to meteorologists, tornadoes are primarily a spring weather phenomenon and their occurrence in August is atypical.
.@NWStulsa confirms that an EF-2 tornado caused damage across central Tulsa early Sunday morning: https://t.co/SWj024HFgL pic.twitter.com/kzUloxqBLB
- AccuWeather (@breakingweather) August 6
Crews already dropping off the midtown area. @KJRH2HD @PSOklahoma #okwx pic.twitter.com/kva4hfNEhj
- Karen Larsen (@KarenLarsenKJRH) August 6
Photo: Twitter / @ TiffanyAlaniz
Photo: Twitter / @ TiffanyAlaniz
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