The mother of a man who died after playing the online drinking game NekNominate wept as she said he would still be alive if he had not taken part in the craze.

The mother of a UK man who died after taking part in the NekNominate online drinking craze wept today as she told his inquest that he would still be alive if it were not for the game.

A string of violent storms demolished small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky as an early-season tornado outbreak killed at least 37 people in four states.