A freight train in northwest Oklahoma had multiple cars overturned after powerful winds battered the region, underscoring the force of a severe storm system that prompted tornado warnings and widespread disruption across the state.
Woodward Fire Department said a train was found with most of its cars toppled between Woodward and Westmoreland, Woodward News reported. A photo sent to Oklahoma’s News 9 also showed the damage near U.S. Highway 412 and County Road 207.
The derailment occurred as meteorologists warned of damaging winds, large hail and the potential for tornadoes across much of Oklahoma, part of a wider outbreak that stretched across the Midwest and into the Ohio Valley…