Tornadoes reported in central U.S. as storms leave nearly 250,000 without power across the country

Severe weather continued to batter swaths of the United States on Monday, with nearly 250,000 utility customers waking up without power across the country from California to Michigan, while tornadoes were reported overnight in parts of the central U.S.

Parts of Oklahoma were under a string of tornado warnings into the early hours of Monday morning, with multiple tempests reported across the state. The National Weather Service in Norman said at least one tornado had been confirmed.

Power was knocked out to thousands amid the severe weather, with more than 36,000 utility customers still without power as of early Monday, according to online outage tracker PowerOutage.us.

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