Thursday, February 12th, 2009 — Storm-struck communities across Oklahoma launched cleanup efforts Wednesday, a day after deadly tornadoes and dangerous thunderstorms tore a course of devastation through the state. In Lone Grove, home to about 5,000 people, residents mourned the deaths of neighbors. State authorities on Wednesday confirmed eight dead, and Carter County Sheriff Ken Grace later said a ninth death was confirmed, a man who died at a Dallas hospital.