Oklahoma tornado

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Just shown on bbc24. Big tornado approaching Oklahoma City :( showed live pictures of the approaching storm taken at the airport.

[pepperrabbit]

I just saw that - it looked utterly apocalyptic if I had the scale right in my head.

[pepperrabbit]

It's over a mile wide apparently.

[GibberTheMonkey]

Did it not hit a while ago?
bbc USA report

[pepperrabbit]

Sky were just showing live pictures - I think it's a second one?

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

I think it's an ongoing situation.
tornado warning

Having been involved in tornados outbreaks in the states, there is nothing scarier than that siren.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

live info

Makes me feel sick reading that.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

According to sky it seems to have hit two schools :( fortunately it seems to have roped out, but its not the end of the outbreak.

[GibberTheMonkey]

How utterly terrifying.
Reminds me again as to why this country (these countries =gb) with it's miserable weather is so good to live in

[mankyscotslass]

So many children among the dead and missing.

And they are saying this was more powerful than the Moore tornado in 1999 that recorded the highest winds ever on earth.

I saw a report saying this one could have been worse though - they are still waiting for downtown Oklahoma to be hit, with all it's high rise buildings.

The footage is heartbreaking.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Awful :( really really awful. News has made me sob.

[mankyscotslass]

Me too.