Another tornado has struck Oklahoma causing more devastation to the area.

Approximately five twisters, one a half-mile wide, hit the area on Friday evening leaving at least nine people dead, according to The Associated Press. More than 50 people were injured and about 80,000 were without power, according to CNN.

"It was absolute chaos with all the crashes and vehicles flying through the air," Betsy Randolph, the spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, told ABC News.

Among the nine dead was a mother and her child.

"A mother and baby lost their lives out here tonight. They were swept up in the storm," Randolph said. "(They were) traveling on the interstate and their car was sucked up into the tornado and they were sucked out of their vehicle and thrown from their vehicle."

While it's difficult to escape the strong winds of the tornado, Randolph told ABC News the precautionary measures people should take if ever in such a situation.

"The lower that you are to the ground, the safer that you're going to be," she said. "We tell people get off the roadway, get out of your vehicle, and seek shelter in a low lying area, especially like a ditch."

Following the tornadoes, Oklahoma is now plagued with massive flooding. Flooding has reached four feet in Oklahoma City and is expected to rise in certain parts of the state, according to USA Today.

"We saw flooding in areas that we don't see flooding," police Lt. Jay Barnett told CNN. "We were overwhelmed."

The mother and her baby who lost their lives were only miles away from Moore, the city in Oklahoma that was affected by the large tornado that hit on May 20 and left 24 people dead.

"This is unbelievable that it could possibly even hit again," Mayor Glenn Lewis told CNN's Anderson Cooper. "We just started picking up (debris) two days ago."

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