Five Confirmed Dead in Northwest Oklahoma Tornado

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(AP Photo/The Hutchinson News, Sandra J. Milburn) By Rochelle Hines Associated Press / April 15, 2012

April 14 Kansas Tornado

A tornado moves on the ground north of Solomon, Kan., on Saturday evening, April 14, 2012, with I-70 seen in the foreground.

Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2012 3:29 am | Updated: 9:12 am, Sun Apr 15, 2012.

Five Confirmed Dead in Northwest Oklahoma Tornado Associated Press |

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say five people are confirmed dead after a tornado hit and around the northwest Oklahoma town of Woodward.

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Keli Cain said early Sunday that state medical examiner's office had confirmed the fatalities in the Woodward area. Cain said she didn't know the gender or age of the victims or details of their death.

The National Weather Service said the tornado hit at 12:18 a.m. Sunday.

Woodward Mayor Roscoe Hill told AP that sirens were not apparently sounding when the tornado hit. He said the sirens had gone off loudly during earlier storms on Saturday afternoon. Hill says the tornado hit in a mixed area of residences and businesses.

Woodward police say search and rescue units have gone to the damage area.

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Posted in National on Sunday, April 15, 2012 3:29 am. Updated: 9:12 am.