Oklahoma storms leave 13,500 without power Thursday
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| OKLAHOMA CITY
About 13,500 power outages continue in聽Oklahoma聽after severe storms struck the state and left at least one person dead.
Public Service Company of聽Oklahoma聽reported about 7,000 outages Thursday morning and聽Oklahoma聽Gas & Electric reported more than 9,400. The majority of the outages are in Tulsa County with nearly 6,700 and in the聽Oklahoma聽City metro with about 9,100.
Oklahoma聽Electric Cooperative reported fewer than 100 outages among its member cooperatives.
The storm spawned tornadoes and one person was killed when what is believed to be a tornado struck a mobile home park in Sand Springs.
Tulsa County Sheriff's Capt. Billy McKelvey said one person was killed in the mobile home park in the Tulsa suburb of Sand Springs, which he said could accommodate 40 to 50 trailers.
"It could have been much worse," he said.
A National Weather Service meteorologist said survey teams would be sent to assess the damage Thursday but that it was likely a twister that hit Sand Springs.
"I think at this point there probably is enough video evidence that there probably was a tornado there," said Joe Sellers at the weather service's Tulsa office.