just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the u.s. with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind and we will speak to a meteorologist on the ground. the u.s. is warning china it could face cost if it provides aid to russia for the war on ukraine and in-laws charged in murder with the gruesome chilling of model abby choi. thanks for being with us and we begin this hour with a crust storm system damaging oklahoma kansas and texas. at least nine tornadoes have been reported so far, 7 in oklahoma and two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage down power lines and did i bree blocking roads in norman, home to oklahoma s largest university. 10s of thousands of people statewide are without power. and wind gust of 114 miles per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 115 storms have been reported across the southern plains and more than 65 million people are under high wind alerts. on the phone is max unger meteo
bianca is off for today, but just ahead on cnn newsroom i ve heard another tornado warning, it s like never ending today. this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. the town is rallying around each other and i think we re all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. i m not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking
at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking roads in the city of norman, home to oklahoma s largest university. tens of thousands of people statewide are or without power. a lot of real strong wind. i was standing out in the garage. my wife went to the neighbor s to get in their shelter. wood and debris started flying. and hitting things. so i jumped in the back seat of a car in the garage real quick. but it didn t last very long. thank goodness, seeverybody is okay. well, the system is so strong a wind gust of 114s per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 415 storms have been reported across the southern
bianca is off for today, but just ahead on cnn newsroom i ve heard another tornado warning, it s like never ending today. this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. the town is rallying around each other and i think we re all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. i m not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail.
welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m max foster, if you re just joining us, let me bring you up to date with the top stories in this hour. the central u.s., a large storm system is moving east bringing tornadoes, heavy winds and hail. at least one tornado caused damage to homes and buildings, leaving tens of thousands without power in oklahoma. there are have been reports of 115 storms across the southern plains. and the u.s. department of energy has determined that the spread of covid was most likely from a leak at a chinese wuhan lab. the u.s. supreme court is set to hear all arguments on tuesday, in two cases, challenging u.s. president joe biden s student loan forgiveness program. the program promises to delivering to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers