Tornadoes Continue Assault on Okla. and Kansas

PlusTornadoes Continue Assault on Okla. and KansasTornadoes Continue Assault on Okla. and KansasThe Associated PressSevere weather continued in northwestern Oklahoma Saturday, and two people were found dead in a vehicle about 75 miles west of Wichita, Kansas. It appears the deaths were tornado-related. (May 24)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:COURTESY -- KWTV][Notes:NATS--PILOT TALKING] this one is coming down....about four miles southwest of bison....[Notes:VO -- SHOTS OF OKLAHOMA TWISTER]THERE'S JUST NO END TO THE STRING OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT CONTINUES TO BATTER THE PLAINS STATES. [Notes:NATS --PILOT TALKING] This cloud is further west...there's another one forming right over me....THIS TELEVISION FOOTAGE SHOWS A TWISTER TOUCHING DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA -- ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SEVERAL TORNADOES WERE SPOTTED IN THIS PART OF THE STATE SATURDAY.ALTHOUGH NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED -- OFFICIALS SAY POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AND A GRAIN ELEVATOR WAS DAMAGED. [Notes:VO --KANSAS TWISTER]IN KANSAS -- TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE A VEHICLE THAT WAS DISCOVERED IN A FIELD ABOUT 75 MILES WEST OF WICHITA.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A TOTAL OF 17 TWISTERS TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS THE STATE FRIDAY.SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED --- AND AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED -- INCLUDING ONE SERIOUSLY. [Notes:VO --WINDSOR STORM DAMAGE VIDEO] IN COLORADO -- HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN WINDSOR -- WHICH WAS RAVAGED BY A LARGE TORNADO THURSDAY. PARTS OF THE TOWN HAD BEEN CORDONED OFF BECAUSE OF NATURAL GAS LEAKS. [Notes:VO -- DAMAGE VIDEO]ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN U.S. TWISTERS SO FAR THIS YEAR -- THE MOST FATALITIES IN A DECADE -- AND THE DANGER ISN'T OVER YET.TORNADO SEASON TYPICALLY PEAKS DURING THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER -- AND AGAIN IN THE LATE FALL. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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