{"id":1726097,"date":"2022-11-06T19:51:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T00:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726097"},"modified":"2022-11-06T19:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T00:52:17","slug":"2-killed-others-injured-after-weekend-tornadoes-in-oklahoma-texas-and-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-killed-others-injured-after-weekend-tornadoes-in-oklahoma-texas-and-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Killed, Others Injured After Weekend Tornadoes In Oklahoma, Texas, And Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-killed-others-injured-after-weekend-tornadoes-in-oklahoma-texas-and-arkansas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At least two people are dead and others were injured after tornadoes struck Oklahoma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\">Texas<\/a>, and Arkansas late Friday, leaving widespread destruction and power outages.<\/p>\n<p>The two people who died were from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/oklahoma\">Oklahoma<\/a> and Texas, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA heartbreaking site touring Idabel this morning. 100+ homes and businesses destroyed from last night\u2019s storm,\u201d Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) tweeted on Saturday after visiting the impacted areas.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A heartbreaking site touring Idabel this morning. 100+ homes and businesses destroyed from last night&#8217;s storm.<\/p>\n<p>I will declare a state of emergency in affected counties to ensure these communities have support and resources from the state.<\/p>\n<p>Pray for all those affected. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEXKChUQ2j\">pic.twitter.com\/ZEXKChUQ2j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovStitt\/status\/1588913808000823296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stitt issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ok.gov\/documents\/executive\/2052.pdf\">emergency declaration<\/a> on Saturday for four counties in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state stands ready to send all the help, support, and resources southeastern Oklahoma needs to recover and rebuild from this devastating storm. Oklahomans are strong and resilient. We will build back these homes and businesses,\u201d Stitt said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahoma.gov\/governor\/newsroom\/newsroom\/2022\/november2022\/governor-stitt-declares-state-of-emergency-for-bryan--mccurtain-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> regarding Bryan, Choctaw, LeFlore, and McCurtain Counties.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also noted one confirmed fatality in his state.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just finished touring the damage in Idabel. What I saw was Oklahomans coming together to help each other. One fatality has been confirmed. We are praying for his family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w0LGWAY3ND\">pic.twitter.com\/w0LGWAY3ND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovStitt\/status\/1588923150028640259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least three separate tornadoes also touched down along the Texas-Arkansas border area that included Morris County, Texas. County Judge Doug Reeder stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100063792636471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one person<\/a> was killed during the storm in his county, though the identity of the individual was unnamed.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar County, Texas, also declared a disaster after at least two dozen people were injured, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=442784851378654&#038;set=pcb.442142358109570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> county officials.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LamarCoSoTX\/posts\/pfbid02Bo9PX5ttPkMx6WTV7gW9YkqPGBhN3BmvDAmGyjzBJ1M3evG6ABLVe9cNenTxybN3l?__cft__[0]=AZV1hmG-p6RsNvdXuNe0b88guzLl0IeR6n9E6n_dk90Zn8Bin7h98GHWnrjKvpBqG5fnYyEqcwXu_fkbFj9QO8bbq47-QN8gSLjrA07LTCN4fifq7gt5NDWX8sLRqRGIIT6h_z_xR0rN41XYhVueB-Izhncmkr3h5lwfxdSA2o-WU6byoGrIaalNyKRQBiKGkSO1pjKxL0qIZAsHiV278TNZ&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimated<\/a> that the tornado in Lamar County was an EF3, though it is still evaluating the data, according to the Lamar County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) also released a statement extending the state\u2019s storm response on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State of Texas stands with Texans and communities impacted by yesterday\u2019s and last night\u2019s severe weather across northeast Texas, and I have deployed all available resources to help respond and recover,\u201d Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-extends-state-response-recovery-efforts-following-severe-storms-in-northeast-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) also tweeted his support following the Friday night storms that caused damages in his state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty rough night of storms across Arkansas last night with property damage and power outages,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cGrateful for our local first responders and power crews for excellent work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretty rough night of storms across Arkansas last night with property damage and power outages. Grateful for our local first responders and power crews for excellent work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gov. Asa Hutchinson (@AsaHutchinson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsaHutchinson\/status\/1588892224821264384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 homes in the affected areas were without power as of Saturday evening, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poweroutage.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least two people are dead and others were injured after tornadoes struck Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas late Friday, leaving widespread destruction and power outages. The two people who died were from Oklahoma and Texas, according to reports. \u201cA heartbreaking site touring Idabel this morning. 100+ homes and businesses destroyed from last night\u2019s storm,\u201d Gov. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1726101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1726101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}