COLE, Okla. — (COLE, Okla.) -- At least three people are dead in Oklahoma after a string of tornadoes broke out Wednesday night, officials said.
There have been eight confirmed tornadoes in the state, according to the National Weather Service. Three tornadoes were confirmed in Iowa.
Overall, there were at least 15 reported tornadoes across three states: Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. In addition, huge hail -- some the size of a softball -- was reported from Illinois to Texas. On Wednesday night, the McClain County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook that it was responding to"reported injuries & persons entrapped within their shelters," and that power lines were down and there were outages. McClain County is just south of Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee reported there was significant damage to its campus, but reported there were no injuries. Students living in three on-campus building were relocated on Wednesday night, according to a tweet.The cross country storm is moving east and is producing severe weather outbreak with tornadoes, huge hail and extreme straight line winds.
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