32 killed in US tornado terror

SWARMS of violent thunderstorms and tornadoes crashed through the middle of the US, killing at least 32 people in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Eight people were missing in this hard-hit town.

Houses across the region were blown apart by Sunday’s storms, trees were uprooted and power lines and other debris blocked roads. Travellers were evacuated from the terminals at Kansas City’s main airport and given shelter in tunnels.

In Pierce City, not a home or business was left untouched in the town of nearly 1,400, and wreckage made it impossible to walk the streets.