Unknown Number Injured, Damage Reported In Kansas Storms

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An official says an unknown number of people have been injured amid severe storms in western Kansas.

Ford County public information officer J.D. Gilbert tells TV station KWCH there are critical injuries but no word on how many. Crews are searching homes Tuesday night to make sure everyone is accounted for. No fatalities were immediately reported.

Gilbert says residential structures were damaged and says the county's landfill building was destroyed.

Tornadoes were reported in several Kansas counties. A meteorologist in the Dodge City office of the National Weather Service says crews will be surveying several areas Wednesday.

Earlier, authorities said several structures were damaged after what the weather service says was a "probable" tornado touched down in northeast Oklahoma, near Bristow. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says no one was injured.

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