At least 13 people were killed as a new wave of tornadoes hit the US states of Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, authorities said.

The new bout of deadly weather came after at least 124 people died and

At least 24 people were killed in Joplin, a southern city of Missouri state, and one person died in Minneapolis city as tornadoes battered parts of the central areas of the US on Sunday, Xinhua report

A massive tornado that swept through the Missouri town of Joplin has killed at least 89 people, the city manager announced early on Monday.

A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said. At least one person was killed and ab

President Barack Obama promised federal aid on Friday to the tornado-ravaged U.S. South, where deadly twisters have killed at least 339 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.

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Several tornadoes swept the Saint Louis, Missouri area late on Friday, blowing out glass at the airport and injuring several people, local media reported.

MSNBC television said an unknown number of

At least nine people, including three young children, were killed as a powerful storm whipped up tornadoes across the central United States, officials said Friday.

The storm toppled trees and power l