OKLAHOMA CITY — Severe storms with tornadoes and heavy rains took aim Monday at the Southern Plains, mainly parts of Oklahoma and Texas, where five and half million people were likely to be affected.
The latest threat follows a weekend of storms that spawned numerous tornadoes from Texas to Nebraska.
Late Monday afternoon, CBS affiliate KWTV reported that a tornado touched down in Crescent, Oklahoma, north of Oklahoma City. Earlier, the station spotted a tornado in nearby Kingfisher County.
The National Weather Service had said Oklahoma City was at "high risk" of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, and school districts in the Oklahoma City area canceled classes for more than 150,000 children Monday as a precaution.
CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports school was also canceled in Moore, Oklahoma, where a deadly tornado in 2013 killed 24 people, including seven children at an elementary school.
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