Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people as it blasted a Missouri town off the map and tore through its hospital.

ONE day after an 86-year-old man lost control of his car and barreled for three blocks through a crowded street market in Santa Monica, USA the number of dead rose to 10 on Thursday as police weighed possible charges against the driver.

A baby boy critically injured in the California market tragedy has lost his fight for life, bringing the death toll to 10.