OKC hotel has building material fall of side due to wind

Strong wind causes building material to fall off side of Oklahoma City hotel

KOCO 5 went to the scene and located half of the hotel in a patio space of a close-by enterprise

Updated: 2:13 PM CST Dec 22, 2022

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FIRST ALERT WEATHER UPDATE. WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS ARCTIC BLAST. THE IMPACTS ON THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO, WHICH HAVE TURNED DEADLY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. I’M JESSICA SCHAMBACH YORK. OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT ALL MORNING MONITORING THE WORST CRASHES FOR. ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WE’VE SEEN HAS BEEN ALONG THE TURNER TURNPIKE NEAR LUTHER AND WELLSTON. ALL OF THESE CRASHES SPOTTED IN AREA WITHIN THE LAST FEW HOURS. AND NOW WE KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HAS TURNED DEADLY. KOCO CHASE RUTLEDGE WAS ON SCENE OF THAT CRASH. WE KNOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED AFTER. A TRUCK AND TRAILER JACKKNIFED AND THEN WENT OFF THE HIGHWAY. THAT WAS SPECIFIC NEAR THE LUTHER EXIT. AND WE KNOW A SECOND PERSON HAS DIED IN. A THREE CAR ACCIDENT IN PEYTON TODAY. OH, HP SHARING SOME OF THE CALLS THAT THEY’VE SEEN SO WE KNOW FIVE ABANDONED VEHICLES. ONE, THEY SAY DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND HIT AND RUNS AS WELL AS MORE THAN 50 INJURY CRASHES. AND EARLIER TODAY I 35 NORTHBOUND YOUR GUTHRIE SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS AFTER A SEMI SPUN OUT. IT BLOCKED BOTH LANES. WE DO KNOW THE ROAD CLEARED UP LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO. KOCO ALEX JONES IS JOINING US LIVE TONIGHT FROM JUST A FEW MILES SOUTH. ELISE, OF OF WHAT WAS THAT SCENE? IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN STILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKUP BEHIND YOU. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE CONGESTION THERE? YEAH, JUST WE’RE ABOUT EIGHT MILES SOUTH OF GUTHRIE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC HERE GOING NORTHBOUND TOWARDS GUTHRIE. THERE’S THREE TROOPERS WHO ARE TRYING HELP BLOCK OFF ONE LANE. SO THIS DOWN HERE THAT JACKKNIFED TOWARDS MEDIAN CAN GET CLEAR. NOW, THE TOW TRUCK HAS JUST GOTTEN HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO TO TRY TO CLEAR THAT SEMI. THE TRAFFIC GOING SOUTHBOUND NONE RIGHT NOW. SO THAT’S COMPLETELY CLEAR. IF YOU’RE HEADED FROM GUTHRIE TOWARDS EDMOND. BUT IF YOU’RE HEADED TOWARDS IF YOU’RE GOING NORTH, THERE’S QUITE A BIT OF A BACKUP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU TURN THIS WAY AND SEE ALL THE WAY HERE. NOW, WE’RE ABOUT THREE MILES FROM WATERLOO. YOU CAN JUST SEE THE TRAFFIC IS COMPLETELY BACKED UP AND NARROWED DOWN TO JUST ONE LANE. SO WE’RE GOING TO KEEP MONITORING THIS. IT SHOULDN’T BE TOO MUCH LONGER FOR THIS SEMI TO BE CLEARED, BUT WE’LL MONITOR ALL THE TRAFFIC FOR YOU AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BRING YOU THE LATEST HERE ON KOCO. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE NEAR EDMOND ALI JONES, KOCO 5 NEWS. ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT, ALISON. HAPPENING NOW, A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED BY GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT. THAT’S FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. ALL 77 COUNTIES AND WILL STAY IN EFFECT FOR SEVEN DAYS, SAYS AGENCIES PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM AND WORK THROUGH IT. TODAY, OUR COVERAGE OF THE WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES. OUR KOCO CREWS ARE STILL OUT ON THE ROADS AS. THE TEMPERATURE REMAINS IN THE LOW DIGITS AND WIND CHILLS EVEN COLDER THAN THAT. LET’S GET TO KOCO’S ZACH RAEL THOMAS. KYLIE, LAST I CHECKED. I HEARD THAT YOU WERE HEADED NORTH TOWARD ENID. TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. WERE YOU ON WEDNESDAY? YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. YES. WE’RE HERE IN ENID AND THE ROADS MUCH CLEARER THAN THEY WERE ON THE HIGHWAY. PLOW TRUCKS FROM ODOT HAVE BEEN HERE PLOWING AND SANDY. THE STREETS BLOWING SNOW DOESN’T SEEM TO BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE HERE IN CITY. BUT ON OUR WAY TO ENID WE CAME ACROSS A JACKKNIFED SEMI COMING OFF THE EASTBOUND EXIT RAMP ON HIGHWAY 412 AND HIGHWAY 74. THE SEMI WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE ROADWAY, BUT DRIVERS WERE ABLE TO SAFELY MAKE THEIR WAY. THE DRIVER DID APPEAR TO BE OKAY AS THEY WAITED IN THE SEMI FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. NOW IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO HIT THE ROADWAY AND THE HIGHWAYS TODAY, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS AS THOSE ARE REALLY STRONG, HAVE BEEN LIMITING VISIBILITY AS THEY PICK UP THAT DUSTING OF SNOW. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THE DAY CONTINUES. REPORTING LIVE IN ENID. KILEE THOMAS. KOCO FIVE NEWS. KYLIE, THANK YOU. AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME POWER OUTAGES RIGHT NOW? THE STATE. WE KNOW MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS OKLAHOMA. OH, JEANNIE REPORTING, MORE THAN 8000 OUTAGES. AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 1400 IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY. THAT IS A DROP FROM WHAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS MORNING. WE’LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THESE AND TRACK THE OUTAGES THROUGHOUT MORNING. STRONG WINDS, BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES COULD PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THE POWER GRID. SO IF YOU LOSE POWER, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY UP TO DATE AND YOU HAVE THE CHAOS APP. GO AHEAD AND DOWNLOAD THAT ON YOUR PHONE FOR FREE. WE’LL BE BACK IN THE NEXT HOUR WITH THE CLOSURES, THE POWER OUTAGES, ROAD CONDITIONS. WE’LL HAVE A LOOK AT OF IT. SO STAY HERE WITH

Strong wind causes building material to fall off side of Oklahoma City hotel

KOCO 5 went to the scene and located half of the hotel in a patio space of a close-by enterprise

Updated: 2:13 PM CST Dec 22, 2022

The sturdy winds gusting by way of Oklahoma City induced building supplies to come off a hotel.City officers mentioned building material fell off the side of the Embassy Suites close to Northwest Expressway. Authorities quickly closed North Independence between Northwest Expressway and Northwest 59th Street.KOCO 5 went to the scene and located half of the hotel in a patio space of a close-by enterprise.

OKLAHOMA CITY —

The sturdy winds gusting by way of Oklahoma City induced building supplies to come off a hotel.

City officers mentioned building material fell off the side of the Embassy Suites close to Northwest Expressway. Authorities quickly closed North Independence between Northwest Expressway and Northwest 59th Street.

KOCO 5 went to the scene and located half of the hotel in a patio space of a close-by enterprise.

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