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Oklahoma cleans up after severe storms

A large tornado passes just to the west of the city of Halstead, Kan., Wednesday, May 6, 2015. A swath of the Great Plains is under a tornado watch Wednesday, including parts of North Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
A large tornado passes just to the west of the city of Halstead, Kan., Wednesday, May 6, 2015. A swath of the Great Plains is under a tornado watch Wednesday, including parts of North Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
May 7, 2015

Spring storms pummeled Oklahoma after more than a dozen suspected tornadoes sweep across the state.
Here's what we know:
At least 12 people were hurt, but as of Thursday morning, no one was killed by the storms that blew across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Nebraska, with Oklahoma City the hardest hit, The Associated Press reported.
The National Weather Service issued its first in its history flash flood emergency for Oklahoma City.
KOKI Weather reported there is more severe weather expected this weekend in Oklahoma, but it will be low chances today and tomorrow.
The most amazing part of the story, animals at a zoo escaped during the storm. 
According to KFOR, owners of Tiger Safari in Tuttle, Okla., confirmed that some of their animals got out of their enclosures when a tornado hit, but all of the animals were accounted for within an hour.

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