Deadly tornadoes flatten buildings in Texas and Oklahoma

Danny Palmer, a deacon at Trinity Baptist Church in Oklahoma, walks across the destroyed church’s sanctuary (AP)

Residents in south-eastern Oklahoma and north-eastern Texas are assessing damage and taking part in recovery work after tornadoes tore through the region, killing at least two people.

After visiting the town of Idabel, Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt said a 90-year-old man had been killed.