cities and towns, this after severe storms ripped across oklahoma and parts of the central u.s. this morning, more than 50,000 without power in the region. at least nine tornadoes touching down in oklahoma and kansas. wind gusts equivalent to a category 3 hurricane about 120 miles an hour battering texas. ahead, the latest on the storm s and what s to come. plus, at least two people are dead, three others wounded after a drone attack in ukraine. this as the u.s. is now warning that china will face penalties if beijing provides russia with drones and ammunition, as u.s. intelligence indicates, to aid russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine. we do begin this hour with the latest on those severe storms and tornadoes. cnn s senior national correspondent, ed lavendera is in norman, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist chad myers standing by with the latest forecast. we want to begin with you, ed. some pictures there, just alarming. tell us what you re seeing on the ground. reporter: wel
rough night for the residents of oklahoma, who watched this fast-moving storm line blow through and rip across the state. 12 people injured. the good news is, no deaths being reported. and the various storms that were dropping out of the sky throughout much of the night. we are in norman, oklahoma. this is where one of the confirmed tornadoes touched down. the sun is out. residents are now starting to come out of their homes or come back into the neighborhood to begin the cleanup process and to really kind of assess the magnitude of the damage here. and you can see just how ferocious the winds and the debris flying through the air, smashing car windows, this piece of plywood stuck in the tree was ripped off of a home, somewhere around here. and it is just stunning to see the site, in many of these homes, there s cars flipped over a few blocks away from where we were. we were just at one house a little while ago that had the entire back part of the house ripped off. the refrigerator was