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Photos show storm damage after tornadoes struck in parts of central Oklahoma and Texas Wednesday evening into the night.

ByNicole BonaccorsoMay 5, 2022

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Damage is seen in front of Dixie Finance after a tornado hit the town of Seminole, Okla., on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (Facebook/K. Galen Greenwalt)

Photos show storm damage after tornadoes struck in parts of central Oklahoma and Texas Wednesday evening into the night.

Officials reported “extensive structural damage” in Lockett, Texas, near the Oklahoma border.

Damage and debris were left behind in Seminole, Oklahoma, earlier in the evening, after a tornado touched down in the town. The storm was the second severe storm in Seminole that week, USA Today reported.

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Public schools were closed in Seminole on Thursday, according to KWTV, and a local charter school, The Academy of Seminole, was damaged in the storm while people were inside.

So far, there are no reports of any deaths or injuries, but several people were rescued after being trapped by debris.

(MORE: Bird’s-Eye View of Extensive Damage After Tornado Rips Through)

About 12,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Oklahoma on Thursday morning, and about 3,000 were without electricity in Texas, according to PowerOutage.us.

The Associated Press reported that several roads and highways remained closed Thursday morning in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas due to flooding brought by the severe storms.

Separate tornadoes were also reported in Dickens County, Texas and Crowell, Texas, Wednesday.

Severe weather is expected to continue into the weekend throughout the Plains, Midwest and South, with the possibility of more tornadoes.

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