US tornado week

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Over the past week, dozens of tornadoes have hit state plains from Texas to Illinois. Late last week, 16 tornadoes tore through North Texas, killing at least 6 people. Numerous tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa over the weekend, causing severe damage and killing two more people. A strong tornado swept past Oklahoma City. The National Weather Service predicts extreme weather in the same areas, including hail, lightning and tornadoes, for several more days.

(Total 25 photos)

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1. Lightning strikes a field during a tornado in Clearwater, Kansas, May 19, 2013.

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2. A tornado near a house in South Haven, Kansas.

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3. A flag flies amid the rubble at a mobile home park near Dale, Oklahoma.

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4. Upside down mobile home in Shawnee. state of Oklahoma.

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5. Amber Ash with her 7-year-old daughter Katrina in the affected area near Dale, Oklahoma.

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6. Rescue service operates in Granbury, Texas.

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7. The wreckage of houses and damaged cars in Hood County, Texas.

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8. The affected area near Granbury, Texas.

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9. Rescuers comb the wreckage in Granbury, Texas.

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10. Tornado near Viola, Kansas.

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11. Destroyed house in Hood County, Texas.

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12. Sydney Sizemore hugs his friend Leah Hill (left), whose house was destroyed by a tornado in Shawnee. state of Oklahoma.

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13. Heavily affected area in Granbury, Texas.

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14. Thunderstorm in Clearwater, Kansas.

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15. A policeman inspects the destroyed houses in Granbury, Texas.

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16. Road sign lies on the ground among the debris and debris after a tornado in Granbury, Texas.

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17. A mobile Doppler radar mounted in the back of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration truck tracks tornadoes in Clearwater, Kansas.

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18. An overturned car near Granbury, Texas.

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19. Tornado hunter in Kansas.

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20. Lisa Montgomery stands in her destroyed home in Cliburn, Texas.

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21. Rescuer examines the destroyed house in Granbury, Texas.

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22. The affected area near Granbury, Texas.

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23. Tornado hunters in South Haven, Kansas.

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24. Overturned trucks with trailers on the highway north of Shawnee, Oklahoma.

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25. Tornado near South Haven, Kansas.

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