The pictures from Elkhorn, a suburb of Omaha in Nebraska show how a tornado passed over a residential area and left it in ruins. It is one of several places that have been threatened by tens of tornadoes that have followed each other since last Friday, when the storm chaos began in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Buildings were torn apart with people inside, CNN reports, after one of the tornadoes crossed the I-80 freeway.
Cars and airplanes were overturned even when wind speeds of between 60 and 80 meters per second were recorded in the storms.
Photo: Anna Reed/AP
The states of Texas, NebraskaIowa, Kansas and Missouri were hit first.
On Saturday and Sunday, Oklahoma was the worst affected, where places such as Sulphur, Holdenville and Marietta were destroyed.
Several people were reported dead and dozens injured.
Also on Tuesday, one person died and three were injured in the town of Westmoreland in Kansas.
Photo: Nebraska Department of Transportation/AFP
The night towards Wednesday The White House declared parts of Oklahoma a disaster area, making federal funds available.
In Oklahoma, four people have died and over 100 have been injured in around 25 tornadoes, US News writes.
