US: Grapefruit-sized hail as storms ravage plains

Lumber from obliterated buildings was scattered among corn stalks, concrete foundations were exposed where houses once stood and silos were crushed like empty aluminium cans after deadly storms swept across America’s northern Plains with twisters and large hail.

In southern Minnesota, 70 homes were lost, dozens more structures suffered damage and hundreds of cattle were killed or on the loose. Some wandering cattle caused car accidents a day after the storm.