Oklahoma medical authorities say nine people, including two children, were killed in tornadoes that ripped through the US state yesterday.
The state's medical examiner's office revised the death toll upward from five in the wake of yesterday's storms that battered areas in and around Oklahoma City with high winds and heavy rain.
Five of the victims have not been identified.
The Oklahoma Highway patrol says a mother and her baby were killed while travelling on Interstate 40, just west of Oklahoma City, when their car was picked up by the storm and they were sucked out of it.
The latest storms dumped up to 20 centimetres of rain on the Oklahoma City area, causing flash flooding that submerged parts of the sprawling metropolitan area that is home to more than 1.3 million people.
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The state's medical examiner's office revised the death toll upward from five in the wake of yesterday's storms that battered areas in and around Oklahoma City with high winds and heavy rain.
Five of the victims have not been identified.
The Oklahoma Highway patrol says a mother and her baby were killed while travelling on Interstate 40, just west of Oklahoma City, when their car was picked up by the storm and they were sucked out of it.
The latest storms dumped up to 20 centimetres of rain on the Oklahoma City area, causing flash flooding that submerged parts of the sprawling metropolitan area that is home to more than 1.3 million people.
Read more http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-02/oklahoma-tornado-death-toll-rises-to-nine/4727680