BRANSON, Mo. (AP) – At least two fatalities and dozens of injuries along with significant damage have been reported after tornadoes moved across the region Tuesday night.

Especially hard-hit early Wednesday were areas in southwest Missouri, including Branson, Lebanon and Buffalo.

In Branson, Taney County Sheriff Jimmie Russell says searchers are going house to house looking for casualties and helping folks still trapped in their homes. At least 12 people were hurt in Branson.

National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Griffin says the apparent tornado moved through downtown Branson, heavily damaging the city’s famous theaters. Also damaged were a Walmart, a Taco Bell, a pizza shop and at least one hotel.

Griffin says at least a dozen injuries and at least one fatality have been reported in Buffalo, where the storm passed through a mobile home park.

In Tushka, Oklahoma, 135 miles south of Tulsa, a tornado has killed at least one person, and injured several more.

Elsewhere, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency and KDOT closed two highways after a tornado passed through Harveyville in Wabaunsee County west of Topeka.