The death toll from a tornado outbreak in the United States has risen to at least 35 people in three states.
Missouri reported at least 17 deaths, neighbouring Kansas seven, while 11 died in Tennessee from Sunday's twisters.
Cranes were brought in to help rescue workers search the ruins of a National Guard armory in Pierce City where some residents had sought shelter.
The storms dealt the worst damage to southern Missouri and southern Kansas, as well as western Tennessee where downtown Jackson resembled a war zone. Governors in the three states declared emergencies in the storm-damaged counties.
Tennessee was threatened by more severe weather yesterday, with at least one twister touching down without causing much damage, an official said.
The government's National Storm Prediction Center said it was the deadliest tornado outbreak since November when 36 people were killed in Alabama, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. A May 1999 storm killed 46 in Oklahoma and Kansas.
The storms knocked out power to at least 160,000 people across the nation's midsection.