Updated at 10:58 a.m. with the name of the victim, and declaration of a state of emergency
Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for Ottawa County following a tornado that struck Quapaw that destroyed the fire station and at least five businesses and other structures. Damage assessments continue Monday.
Under the executive order, state agencies can make emergency purchases and acquisitions to deliver materials and supplies to needed jurisdictions. The declaration also marks a first step toward seeking federal assistance.
Fallin says the state is prepared to offer every resource available to assist with the cleanup, rebuilding and recovery.
One person was killed and at least six people have been treated for injuries after a deadly tornado struck the town of Quapaw in northeastern Oklahoma.
Ottawa County Sheriff's Detective Derek Derwin says 68-year-old John L. Brown, of Baxter Springs, Kan., was traveling through Quapaw with his wife when the severe weather hit Sunday evening.
Derwin says the couple pulled into a parking lot and a large concrete wall fell on the car, trapping both inside. John Brown was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife was transported to a local hospital and treated and released.
Kristie Wallace, a spokeswoman for the Baptist Regional Health Center in nearby Miami, says six people were treated there for injuries they received in Sunday's tornadoes. Four were listed in good condition and two others in fair condition.
Wallace says one of the patients listed in fair condition suffered a broken bone and has been admitted overnight. She says all the others were treated and released.
Ottawa County sheriff's dispatcher Colleen Thompson initially said two people were reportedly killed when the tornado struck the town about 5:30 p.m., but that number was later lowered to one.
Ottawa County Emergency Management director Joe Dan Morgan says Quapaw, which has about 900 residents, was heavily damaged by the tornado.
A state agency has raised the death toll from a huge, separate tornado that cut a sporadic 80-mile path through central Arkansas to 16.
The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management reported on its website early Monday that there are now 10 confirmed deaths from Sunday's tornado in Faulkner County. There are still five confirmed deaths in Pulaski County and one in White County.
The tornado was the largest of several spawned by a powerful storm system moving through the central and southern United States.
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