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Eleven dead as tornados batter Oklahoma, Missouri

Sun May 11, 4:54 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A series of powerful tornadoes has swept across the central part of the United States, killing at least 11 people in Oklahoma and Missouri, CNN television reported.

The report said a twister on Saturday that touched down late in the afternoon in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, killed five people and heavily damaged many buildings.

In nearby Picher, Oklahoma, several people remained unaccounted for, according to the network.

Three more people were killed and an unspecified number of others were injured when a tornado touched down between the towns of Seneca and Neosho near the Missouri-Kansas border, CNN reported.

Another person was killed when thunderstorms knocked a tree onto a mobile home east of Carthage, Missouri, according to the report, and one more weather-related death was reported in Purdy, Missouri.

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