At least one person has been killed and several others are missing after powerful tornadoes swept through the southern United States, namely Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, according to local authorities and media.
Severe weather killed a 90-year-old man in McCurtain County in southern Oklahoma, according to state Governor Kevin Stitt, who declared a state of emergency. in the affected areas.
The tornadoes also affected Arkansas and Texas, where 50 homes were damaged or destroyed, according to the Lamar County Sheriff.
The city of Idabel particularly affected
Referring to ten people hospitalized, including two in serious but stable condition, the sheriff's services indicated in a press release on Facebook that there were "no deaths for the moment".
In Oklahoma, rescue teams and electric generators are on their way to the city of Idabel (about 7,000 inhabitants), which seems particularly affected, tweeted Governor Kevin Stitt.
The United States is regularly affected by tornadoes, on average around 1,300 per year, and the majority in the spring.
In December 2021, several dozen of these extreme weather phenomena had ravaged five states in the center of the United States, mainly western Kentucky, and killed at least 79 people.
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