SPECIAL LIVE TEAM COVERAGE:

NewsTalk 740 KRMG is providing special continuing live team coverage of the aftermath of the tornado that ravaged Picher, Oklahoma, about 85 miles northeast of Tulsa. Six people are dead and 150 injured in this Green Country community after this storm. The picture above is of the tornado that touched down in Picher.

SITUATION UPDATES

Governor Brad Henry toured the area Sunday and gave reporters an update afterwards.

The Oklahoma State Emergency Management Office is on the ground in Picher, along with representatives from multiple agencies to provide aide to local residents.
View the Situation Updates Here

HELP THE VICTIMS

Financial contributions to the Red Cross are the best way for you to help the residents of Picher. KRMG will be accepting cash and check donations at LaFortune Park, 61st and Yale, from 5am to 6pm today.

• Make a credit card donation here, now.

  VIEW THE DAMAGE:

  KRMG Morning News Host Joe Kelley, co-host Rick Couri, and reporter Neal Kennedy visited with area residents Sunday and Monday. See the pictures here:
  

• Tornado Damage Slideshow #1
  
• Tornado Damage Slideshow #2
  
• Red Cross pictures from Picher
  
• Video Of Picher Tornado
  
• Video Of Picher Aftermath
  

  HEAR THE INTERVIEWS:

  

• Picher resident John Hutchison describes to KRMG Morning News Host Joe Kelley how his family survived the storm.
  
• Lt Governor Jari Askins visits with KRMG Morning News Host Joe Kelley about the devastation in Picher.
  
• Picher resident Kathy tells KRMG Morning News host Joe Kelley what happened when the tornado hit.
  
• Lt. Governor Jari Askins visits live with the Morning News on Monday (05/12)
  
• Senator Jim Inhofe discusses the aftermath of the Picher tornado! (05/12)