A tornado swept through Oklahoma City on Thursday, flattening hundreds of homes and scattering cars and mobile homes across the landscape. Strong winds also tore off roofs in eastern Kansas, and may have been the cause of a train derailment there. At least 104 people were injured in the Oklahoma City area, five critically, said Paul O'Leary, spokesman for the city's ambulance service. There were no reports of fatalities, although O'Leary said a man brought to a local hospital from an area hit by the storm died of a heart attack. The twister struck just as the afternoon rush hour was beginning, ripping roofs off homes and businesses and damaging a General Motors plant. Emergency officials in Moore, just south of the city, reported about 300 homes were destroyed and another 300 to 500 were damaged. Gov. Brad Henry said state officials would seek a federal emergency disaster declaration.

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