SULPHUR, Okla. — Small towns in Oklahoma began a long cleanup Monday after tornadoes flattened homes and buildings and killed four people, including an infant, widening a destructive outbreak of severe weather across the middle of the U.S.

A t least five people, including a four-month-old baby, have been killed after dozens of tornadoes ripped through the central US causing serious damage. Tens of thousands of residents were left without power following separate storms that began on Friday.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Authorities confirmed on Sunday that a four-month-old baby was among two people killed in Oklahoma, in the wake of severe storms and multiple tornadoes that spread across four states.

A four-month-old baby is one of two people dead in the wake of a massive tornado that ravaged the central Oklahoma town of Sulphur Saturday night, reducing buildings to rubble, police reported.

At least five deaths, including one of a 4-month-old child in Oklahoma, were confirmed Sunday from a severe storm that swept through the heartland on Saturday.

The National Weather Service said an EF-3 tornado hit near the town of Holdenville. The victims killed during the storm were a man and a 4-month-old baby girl.