A cluster of tornadoes set down in Oklahoma Thursday — and there’s some harrowing video to showcase the raw power of nature.
According to the Associated Press, the Sooner State was battered with tornadoes, ravaging homes and neighborhoods — though lives were largely spared.
Enid, Oklahoma, bore the brunt of the destruction from a monstrous EF-4 tornado.
The Associated Press reported that the tornado “was on the ground for 9 miles … packing winds of 170 to 175 mph and measuring 500 yards across at its widest.”
Across the tornado’s 30-40 minute duration, it ravaged at least 40 homes. Some were even blown off their foundations.
Thankfully, no deaths had been reported.
“Usually when we come to a neighborhood that’s been hit this bad, there’s one or two deaths,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Friday. “We’re just so thankful there wasn’t a loss of life.”
(Some minor injuries did occur,
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