At least six people were injured during severe thunderstorms that moved through parts of Oklahoma early Sunday, with tornadoes and flooding reported overnight, authorities said.

All six injured people were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, said Valerie Littlejohn, public information officer for the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Several structures were also damaged in the area, as well as power lines, trees, gas lines, traffic lights and street signs, she said.

Video of the damage KOCO, CNN affiliate shows overturned cars and entire houses torn to shreds. The storms toppled telephone poles and broke trees in two. Debris is scattered around the affected areas, including large pieces of wood and metal from destroyed buildings.

About 95,000 customers in Oklahoma were without power Sunday morning, according to poweroutage.us.

Tornadoes were reported just east of Oklahoma City, and tornado and thunderstorm warnings are in place in the Oklahoma City area, the National Weather Service said.

“Friends, don’t let your guard down too much – we’re already starting to see the atmosphere begin to recover ahead of another round of thunderstorms, heavy rain, flooding and possible severe weather today,” the weather service said. an article on X.

THE Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management said he was monitoring severe weather.

Flooding on Interstate 35 closed all but one northbound lane near Forest Park in the Oklahoma City area. Oklahoma Department of Transportation said.

The Oklahoma City Fire Department responded to several vehicles that were flooded due to heavy rain, according to the department’s public information officer Scott Douglas.

Around 1:20 a.m. local time, the weather service warned a severe thunderstorm accompanied by a tornado was moving through eastern Oklahoma City toward Midwest City and Tinker Air Force Base. A tornado warning was issued for more than 300,000 people in Moore, Midwest City and Del City.

The University of Oklahoma has asked students and staff at its Normandy campus to “seek shelter NOW inside the building you are in.” Move to the lowest floor/interior. »

Nighttime tornadoes are twice as deadly as daytime tornadoes, research shows. Nighttime tornadoes are difficult to spot in the dark and those who are sleeping may not realize danger is near.

There is increased worry on the tornado threat this week, given how prolific the year has been for tornadoes in the United States. The number of tornadoes reported so far this year is the second highest on record, trailing only 2,156 in 2011.

Severe thunderstorms are more common in spring and summer, but a second wave of dangerous storms and tornadoes occurs in fall and winter, when cold air from the north often collides with outgoing warmer, moist air of the Gulf of Mexico.

CNN’s Mike Madrigal contributed to this report.

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