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Tornadoes barrel through Midwest, Plains Severe storms were reported in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma throughout the day and night Saturday and into Sunday.
April 15, 2012
Carole Beckett is overcome as she sorts through belongings at her home after a tornado moved through Woodward, Okla. Residents of several states scoured through the wreckage of battered homes and businesses after dozens of tornadoes blitzed the Midwest and Plains Saturday night.
Bryan Terry
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The Oklahoman via AP
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April 15, 2012
An aerial view of the destruction of the Oaklawn neighborhood in Wichita. Residents of several states scoured through the wreckage of battered homes and businesses Sunday after dozens of tornadoes blitzed the Midwest and Plains Saturday night.
Jeff Tuttle
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AP
April 15, 2012
A view of a tornado-damaged house trailer that was flipped off its foundation in the southern area of Wichita. Rescue and clean-up efforts were underway across the Midwest after dozens of tornados tore through the region, killing at least five people in Oklahoma, leaving thousands without power in Kansas and damaging up to 90 percent of the homes and buildings in one small Iowa town.
Gene Blevins
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Reuters
April 15, 2012
A truck lies on its side after a tornado struck Woodward, Okla.
Jeff Tuttle
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Reuters
April 15, 2012
Galen Zumbach begins cleaning up with the help of neighbors and friends after his house was hit by a tornado in Creston, Iowa. The storm was part of a massive system that hit areas from northern Nebraska and Iowa south through Oklahoma.
Eric Francis
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April 15, 2012
Iowa Army National Guardsmen help clean up in Thurman, Iowa, after storms tore through the small town near the Nebraska state line. Iowa emergency officials said that a large part of the town was destroyed Saturday night, possibly by a tornado, but that no one was injured or killed. Fremont County Emergency Management Director Mike Crecelius said about 75 percent of the 250-person town was destroyed.
Nati Harnik
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AP
April 15, 2012
Neighbors and friends embrace while surveying the damage left behind by a tornado in Creston, Iowa, that struck the northern part of town.
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April 15, 2012
Ottaway Amusement employee Chris Letterman walks around the Century Wheel in a parking lot in Wichita. The Ferris wheel and another ride toppled over Saturday night during the tornado outbreak. "You're looking at $2 million squished," Letterman said.
Mike Hutmacher
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AP
April 15, 2012
The owner of Xom Market checks the damage to his store after a tornado swept through the Oaklawn neighborhood in south Wichita overnight Saturday.
Mike Hutmacher
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AP
April 15, 2012
Gary Gladwin looks over his destroyed property, where he stored a 1937 Chevy, in Thurman, Iowa. A large part of the town in the western part of the state was destroyed Saturday, possibly by a tornado, but no one was injured or killed.
Nati Harnik
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AP
April 14, 2012
Two funnel clouds hover over Moundridge, Kan.
Gene Blevins
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Reuters
April 14, 2012
Sheriff's deputies carry an injured man from a south Wichita neighborhood after a tornado caused massive destruction in the city.
Travis Heying
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AP
April 14, 2012
Downed power lines kept some people trapped in a Quiktrip at Rock Road and Pawnee Street in Wichita after a tornado swept through the area Saturday night.
Travis Heying
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AP
April 14, 2012
An injured man gets assistance from firefighters near the entrance to Pinaire Mobile Home Park in Wichita after it was destroyed by a tornado.
Chris Neal
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AP
April 14, 2012
A tornado moves on the ground north of Solomon, Kan.
Orlin Wagner
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AP
April 14, 2012
A fire burns in Pinaire Mobile Home Park in Wichita after a tornado caused massive destruction in the area Saturday night.
Travis Heying
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AP
April 14, 2012
Storm chaser photographer Brad Mack shoots a tornado as it makes its way over Interstate 135 near Moundridge, Kan., on Saturday.
Gene Blevins
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Reuters
April 15, 2012
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday at 1:45 a.m. EST shows a line of clouds extending down the Plains from a low pressure system moving over the Central Plains and into the Midwest. The system has caused tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and hail.
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April 14, 2012
People begin to pick up the pieces after the town was hit by an apparent tornado on Saturday in Thurman, Iowa. The storms were part of a massive system that affected areas from northern Nebraska south through Oklahoma.
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April 14, 2012
Damage from an apparent tornado is seen Saturday in Thurman, Iowa.
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April 14, 2012
A woman and a child walk through the wreckage after an apparent tornado hit Thurman, Iowa, on Saturday.
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April 14, 2012
Several semi-trucks and their trailers overturned during storms on Interstate 29 on Saturday in Thurman, Iowa.
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April 14, 2012
Residents assemble outside the city hall in Thurman, Iowa.
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April 14, 2012
Residents of a south Wichita neighborhood clean up fallen trees after a tornado caused massive destruction in the area Saturday night.
Travis Heying
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AP
April 13, 2012
Huge storm clouds shoot out lightning bolts in the skies near the area of Apache, Okla., on Friday.
Gene Blevins
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Reuters
April 13, 2012
Storm chaser photographer Brad Mack takes photos of lightning from a tornadic super cell near Apache City, Okla., on Friday.
Gene Blevins
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Reuters
April 13, 2012
Huge tornadic super cells form in the skies near the area of Apache, Okla., on Friday.
Gene Blevins
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Reuters
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