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Death toll from Oklahoma tornado rises to 10

AAA??Jun. 2, 2013?12:43 PM ET
Death toll from Oklahoma tornado rises to 10
By SEAN MURPHYBy SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press?THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND PRINCIPLES?

A police officer offers directions to a driver leaving this heavily damaged supply yard for Cactus Drilling Company on State Highway 66 in El Reno, Okla. on Saturday, June 1, 2013. Employee David Stottemyre was working in the lot when the tornado took aim at the plant. Stottemyre ran inside the large supply storage building and took shelter as the tornado passed over, leaving the building in a twisted pile of steel and metal. He was not injured. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT

A police officer offers directions to a driver leaving this heavily damaged supply yard for Cactus Drilling Company on State Highway 66 in El Reno, Okla. on Saturday, June 1, 2013. Employee David Stottemyre was working in the lot when the tornado took aim at the plant. Stottemyre ran inside the large supply storage building and took shelter as the tornado passed over, leaving the building in a twisted pile of steel and metal. He was not injured. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT

Two Navy veterans revisit the washed out roadway west of Sara Road on SW 29th Street where they rescued a woman and her daughter from a flooded car during Friday night's storm, Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Oklahoma City.. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT

Bonnie Meritt, left, of Union City, is consoled by a friend after the tornado outbreak that destroyed part of her house, Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Union City, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Aliki Dyer) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT

Riley Webb hands her seven month old baby Bryce Webb down to Oklahoma County Commissioner Willa Johnson after being rescued by Midwest City Fire Dept. personnel from a flooded mobile home park off of Air Depot Blvd. between NE 10th and NE 23rd St. in Midwest City, Okla, Saturday, June 1, 2013, after up to eight inches of rain fell during the previous 24 hours. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern) LOCAL STATIONS OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL WEBSITES OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT

Keith Walton, left, talks with Gov. Jay Nixon at what remains of his house in the 900 block of Haversham Drive on Saturday, June 1, 2013 after a overnight storm in St. Charles, Mo.. Walton and his wife were on vacation in Florida when the storm destroyed their house and flew back early to see the damage. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

(AP) ? Authorities say the death toll from Friday night's tornado in the Oklahoma City metro area has risen to 10.

Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said the state medical examiner's office received another body Saturday evening, increasing the death toll by one.

Eight adults and two children died from the Friday tornado, which charged down a clogged Interstate 40 in the western suburbs of Oklahoma City.

Gov. Mary Fallin said Sunday that emergency workers are searching flooded areas for missing residents. She didn't say how many are missing.

Associated Press

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