Tornadoes Rip Through Plains

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Tornadoes devastated the south-central United States on Sunday, killing at least 12 people.

A videographer covers the damage after a tornado hit the town of Mayflower, Arkansas around 7:30 pm CST, late April 27, 2014. Tornadoes ripped through the south-central United States on Sunday, killing at least 12 people in Arkansas and Oklahoma and wiping out entire neighborhoods of homes, according to officials, as rescue workers searched in darkness for survivors. In Mayflower, some of about 45 homes were destroyed in a newer subdivision and a lumberyard was damaged, said Will Elder, an alderman in the city of 2,300 people. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER MEDIA)GENE BLEVINS / Reuters

April 28, 2014, 10:07 AM EDT / Updated April 28, 2014, 1:27 PM EDT

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