Damage from severe storms and tornadoes in several towns in Missouri, Illinois and Mississippi. - Winds sparked more than 100 wildfires in the central U.S.; homes and structures

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.

A severe weather outbreak has brought violent, long-track tornadoes to parts of the South, with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail.