Five dead as storms and tornadoes hit US

Emergency crews in southern Illinois were searching for workers who may be trapped inside an Amazon warehouse, after its roof collapsed from storm damage.

At least 100 emergency vehicles descended on the Amazon warehouse near Edwardsville, Illinois, where a wall that was about the length of a football field collapsed, as did the roof above it. Picture: AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File

Five people have died as severe storms, some believed to be tornadoes, swept across the Midwest of the United States and parts of the South.

Three people died in severe weather in Tennessee, and one person died and several were injured when an apparent tornado hit an Arkansas nursing home.