2012年3月3日星期六

US midwest hit by tornadoes - in pictures


A string of violent storms destroyed small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky, killing dozens of people

A school in Henryville, Indiana, is destroyed after the powerful storms
Storm damage in an area between Henryville and Marysville
A funnel cloud begins to form over Athens, Alabama
Utility workers try to restore electricity to a section of Harrisburg, Illinois
Blaine Lawson, 76, stands inside his house after a tornado tore the roof off his home Cleveland, Tennessee
A truck is flipped on its side in Harvest, Alabama
Jerry Vonderhaar, left, comforts Charles Kellogg after severe weather hit the Eagle Point subdivision in Limestone County, Alabama
A school bus is pushed through the front of a building in Henryville, Indiana
Greg Cook hugs his dog Coco after finding her inside his destroyed home in East Limestone, Alabama
Dale Barnfield (L) and his niece Linda Mayberry wait for an insurance adjuster outside Barnfield's tornado-damaged home in Harrisburg, Illinois
Residents examine the tornado damage in Metro Piner, Kentucky
Janessa Lewellyn, sitting in her father's car, looks back towards her grandparents' house after a tornado ripped it apart in New Pekin, Indiana
The tornado left a path of destruction as it passed through Athens, Alabama
Storm clouds move over west of Palmyra, Indiana
Residents examine the damage in Metro Piner, Kentucky
Henryville High School in Indiana