severe weather

Officials are still trying to determine how many tornadoes touched down Sunday morning, but preliminary reports say at least 11 people were injured.

Sulphur Public Schools is working to get students back into the classroom later this week after Saturday night’s deadly tornado outbreak. The storm destroyed its bus fleet, but it’s working with nearby schools to find transportation for the remainder of the school year.

National Weather Service is issuing heat advisories for Oklahoma this week. Excessive heat and severe weather are changing crops for farmers and routines for landscapers.

The National Weather Service in Norman is into its second consecutive week of issuing heat advisories for the state. High temperatures are made more intense by humidity and heat bursts that usually occur in the spring are persisting this month.

City officials continue to survey and assess damage, which has been primarily observed in areas of Southeast and East Norman.

As extremely cold weather moves into the state this week, many Oklahomans are looking for ways to keep themselves, their pets, their homes and their vehicles safe and warm.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking to hear from people whose communities have been hit by tornadoes.

Oklahomans are used to an active severe weather season. That usually means lots of thunderstorms and - infamously - tornadoes. The past year's storm season seems to have been relatively less active.

A research team led by Michael Biggerstaff, a professor of meteorology in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, successfully captured data with mobile radars and other weather instruments as Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana.