Deadly tornadoes roar through Midwest

From left, Alli Ferrell, 10, and cousin Christian Murray, 12, sit on the front porch, as Lindsey Murray, 15, paints “for sale fixer upper” on the side of the home of their grandmother. Murray was not at home at the time of the storm. A prosthetic leg was found among the wreckage.  (Stephen Lance Dennee / Associated Press)

Julie Shaw picks up jewelry belonging to Dorothy Hill, who was injured and taken to a hospital after a tornado hit town.  (Stephen Lance Dennee / Associated Press)

A car sits among the rubble.  (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Patrick Summers helps his uncle search for possessions.  (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Josh Summers searches for his possessions after a tornado ripped through his neighborhood.  (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

A trampoline is stuck in a tree at Glenda Geiser’s house in rural Reno County.  (Sandra J. Milburn / The Hutchinson News)

Jeff Rann, right, pauses while sifting for possessions at his parents’ duplex. His parents were cancer survivors Randy Rann and Donna Rann. Randy died at the scene and Donna died later at a hospital.  (Seth Perlman / Associated Press)

LeRoy Hershberger looks at the damage to his brother’s shed.  (Sandra J. Milburn / The Hutchinson News)

Cathy Berry, of Topeka, rakes the front yard of a home destroyed by a tornado.  (Julie Denesha / Getty Images)

Paul Johnson works on the electrical system at Harrisburg (Ill.) Medical Center after a tornado damaged the hospital. At least six people were killed by the storm in Harrisburg.  (Stephen Lance Dennee / Associated Press)

Windows and doors blown out of their frames rest against railings at a hotel in Branson, Mo.   (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press)

Margaret Shimkus, left, talks with an emergency responder at her home in Harrisburg, Ill., after an early morning tornado ripped through the town. Shimkus, who took refuge in her bathtub, sustained a minor cut from the storm.   (Stephen Lance Dennee / Associated Press)

A tornado-damaged home sits amid debris along Main Street in Harveyville, Kan. The small eastern Kansas town took a direct hit from an apparent tornado late Tuesday.  (John Hanna / Associated Press)