Powerful thunderstorms that produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, tornadoes and flooding tore across the Plains and Midwest in the central U.S. over Easter weekend, leaving at least three people dead.
According to Hughes County Emergency Management in Oklahoma, a tornado with a preliminary rating of EF-1 with winds of 105-110 mph touched down in the community of Spaulding, located southeast of Oklahoma City, on Saturday night.
Officials said the tornado destroyed two homes and several smaller structures, as well as numerous trees.
One person was killed, and two others were injured.
In Moore, at least two people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed when flooding swept their vehicle away late Saturday night.
Sunday’s severe storms wreaked havoc on parts of Missouri and Arkansas, areas that have continuously seen dangerous storms this spring.