Entire neighborhoods were flattened by the deadly twisters which gripped the region on Tuesday evening, with Governor Kim Reynolds placing 15 counties under disaster emergency proclamations.
Powerful tornadoes have ripped apart rural Iowa and left a trail of destruction across the state - killing multiple people and injuring dozens of blighted
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Strong storms will strike across central Texas and all the way to upstate New York this week, forecasters have warned, with the greatest severe weather threat in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Images from the town of Greenfield show a path of utter destruction, with homes reduced to splinters, debris strewn everywhere, and several large wind turbines toppled.