Several communities in Oklahoma were hit by severe storms on Saturday night, leaving four people dead and prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency in about a dozen counties.
Daylight revealed the scope of a path of destruction from an EF-3 tornado that tore through Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people south of Oklahoma City, wreaking havoc in the historic downtown and a nearby neighborhood.
“All kinds of emotions. The place I called home is gone,” said Felicia Jackson, a resident affected by the storm.
Another resident, Derrick Stone, said he and his family took shelter in a storm cellar.
“We knew it was coming. We knew it was going to be bad. We just didn’t know how bad,” Stone said.
Like several neighbors, Stone heeded emergency warnings and rode out the storm nearby …