Communities in Oklahoma are in fear after warnings of more Tornadoes a day after tornadoes injured at least 11 people while downing trees, power lines and gas lines. Six or more tornadoes hit the state overnight into Sunday – and more “tornadoes (some strong), large hail, and severe thunderstorm gusts, are expected today into tonight from the Southern Plains into the Ozarks and mid Mississippi Valley”, the US’s National Weather Service (NWS) said on Monday.
According to the local meteorologists, damaging winds of between 70 and 80mph are expected. Initially, power outages persisted as a result of the severe weather heading into Sunday. More than 11,800 customers remained without power as of Monday.
Accordingly, many schools and colleges in the state cancelled classes on Monday, with some experiencing significant damage. A video from Sunday morning shows winds tearing the roof off Newcastle elementary school. The Oklahoma Heart Hospital South off Interstate 240 in Oklahoma City was also damaged.
Experts say that unseasonably warm temperatures – a result of the ongoing climate crisis primarily spurred by the burning of fossil fuels – have caused increased storm systems which frequently spin off tornadoes.
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It is really scary. The losses and destruction is un- imaginable.
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@tabitha_kimani i just hope the government has plans in place to tackle and deal with this
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Ooh noo... This is saddening... I hope the government will have measures in place to help deal with such catastrophes ...
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@edwin_wangombe it is saddening indeed the destruction of these climate change calamities is unimaginable... May God help us
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This is so sad.we need to act sooner and deal with climate change so as to eliminate some catastrophies.
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@rosebellendiritu i agree... All these catastrophes are caused by climate change which means we need to deal with it head on
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@rosebellendiritu i agree... The root cause of all this is climate change so we need to curb it in order to prevent such occurrences
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@edwin_wangombe absolutely... Winning the fight against climate change will be the remedy needed to curb all these natural disasters
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This news is so heartbreaking. it’s essential for local authorities to enhance emergency preparedness and response plans. Investing in community education on safety measures and improving infrastructure can help mitigate risks and protect residents during severe weather events.
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@walter_lungayi i hope the government and emergency response teams are well prepared and ready to reduce the casualties and damages
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@walter_lungayi but i hope we will get to the root cause of all these as it is the only remedy needed... Failure to which these occurrences will keep on coming
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With the kind of catastrophies that we've all experienced...it's about time that we acted accordingly so as to bring about change.
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@jane_wangui and the change we need is to fight climate change to prevent such
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@jane_wangui the change needed is curbing climate change and global warming
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These are life threatenings tornadoes and we hope everyone is really keeping safe.
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@Kevin i hope the evacuation will be successful and all the people will be willing to evacuate to save life
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So terrifying..It’s time to face this reality head on.
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@princess_nel_268 i agree... And the right way of doing it is curbing climate change as these are its effects