Tornado hits Oklahoma again, 5 dead

Deadly tornadoes touched down Saturday (NZ time) west of Oklahoma City, crumbling cars and tractor-trailers, trapping motorists and killing at least two.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said troopers found the bodies of a mother and a child near a vehicle along Interstate 40 west of the city. The state medical examiner's office said at least 3 others were killed in Oklahoma City suburbs Saturday.

Hospitals in the area say dozens of people were hurt, five critically, but meteorologists who had warned about particularly nasty weather said the storm's fury didn't match that of a deadly twister that struck suburban Moore last week.

The broad storm in Oklahoma hit during the evening rush hour and stuck around, causing havoc on Interstate 40, a major artery connecting suburbs east and west of the city, and dropping so much rain on the area that streets were flooded to a depth of 4 feet.

To the south, a severe storm with winds approaching 80 mph rolled into Moore, where a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado killed 24 on May 20.

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