Gov. Brad Henry on Friday declared a state of emergency for nearly half the state's 77 counties because of severe storms earlier this week.
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The declaration is for 38 counties where heavy rains, tornadoes, severe storms and flooding occurred Wednesday and Thursday.
More counties will be added as needed, the governor's office said.
The executive order is the first step toward seeking federal assistance. In addition, state Emergency Management Department officials are doing preliminary assessments to determine the extent of damage.
The governor also amended an earlier executive order by adding two counties, Hughes and Pawnee, to the list of those counties experiencing severe storms and flooding since March 17.
Counties named in the governor's state of emergency declaration are: Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Coal, Comanche, Choctaw, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Kiowa, Latimer, Le Flore, Logan, Love, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Tulsa and Wagoner.
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