Tornadoes hit US: Death and destruction

Business owners look over the damage after a tornado hit the town of Mayflower. (REUTERS)

Tornadoes ripped through the south-central United States on Sunday, killing at least 12 people in Arkansas and Oklahoma and wiping out entire neighborhoods of homes, according to officials, as rescue workers searched in darkness for survivors. (REUTERS)

A damaged vehicle is seen after a tornado hit the town of Mayflower, Arkansas. (REUTERS)

Travel trailers and motor homes are piled on top of each other at Mayflower RV in Mayflower, Ark. (AP)

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A man tries to salvage belongings from a overturned mobile home in Greenville, N.C. (AP)

A powerful storm system rumbled through the central and southern United States. (AP)

A low-level thunderstorm supercell passes over the area of Hampton, Arkansas. (REUTERS)

Storm chaser Brad Mack take photos of a low level thunder storms supercells pass over the area of Bearden, Arkansas. (REUTERS)

NOAA/SPC Severe weather forecasters keep track of the latest radar models at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. (REUTERS)

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