Officials help with cleanup after Oklahoma tornado
Officials with Oklahoma's Department of Emergency Management and local relief organizations are setting up in southeast Oklahoma after a twister tore through the small town of Tushka.
TUSHKA (AP) — Officials with Oklahoma's Department of Emergency Management and local relief organizations are setting up in southeast Oklahoma after a twister tore through the small town of Tushka.
An vehicle sits in a tree in Tushka, Okla., Friday, April 15, 2011, following a tornado the night before. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Emergency management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten said Friday the department is helping local officials conduct damage assessments and begin cleaning up debris. She says most roads are cleared, but that some areas remain impassable because of downed power lines and uprooted trees and limbs in the roadway.
Ooten says at least a dozen homes and businesses were destroyed by the tornado that hit the town of about 350 residents Thursday night.
The Red Cross has set up a temporary shelter for displaced residents in the nearby town of Atoka.
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