Tornadoes hammer the Midwest
A tattered American flag flies over a vehicle where two girls, 5 and 7, were found dead after a severe thunderstorm spawned a massive tornado at Hideaway Mobile Home Villa in Woodward, Okla. Residents of several states scoured through the wreckage of battered homes and businesses Sunday, after dozens of tornadoes blitzed the Midwest and Plains Saturday, leaving six dead and 29 injured. (Bonnie G. Vculek / Associated Press)
Jose Guerrero is framed by twisted metal as he looks for salvageable items in the mobile home of his sister-in-law in the aftermath of the Woodward tornado. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)
Brian Key salvages items from his mobile home at the tornado-hit Hideaway Mobile Home Villa on Sunday. Key said he escaped harm by a split second. (Bonnie G. Vculek / Associated Press)
Dan Moore walks through the remnants of a kitchen Sunday while helping clean up the destroyed home of Fran and Roger Dick in St. John, Kan. ( Lindsey Bauman / Associated Press)
Sue Lord is dwarfed by the debris from her home, which is piled up on a neighbor’s house, after a tornado hit Woodward, Okla. Lord was home when the tornado struck, but was not injured. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)
A vehicle was moved a block away by a tornado in Creston, Iowa. (Eric Francis / Getty Images)
Bill Stanley retrieves items from his tornado-damaged home in Woodward, Okla. Stanley said he was in bed, at left, when the twister struck. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)
A man surveys damage as residents begin the cleanup process in Creston, Iowa. The storms were part of a massive system that affected areas from northern Nebraska and Iowa south through Oklahoma. (Eric Francis / Getty Images)
A carpet store is left in ruins in Woodward, Okla. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)
