Indiana Tornado

Severe storms pounded the central United States on Tuesday, producing baseball-sized hail and unconfirmed reports of tornado touchdowns, forcing voting to be suspended during primary elections in Iowa and halting flights at a Nebraska airport.

When a powerful tornado bore down on the small city of Washington, Illinois, on Sunday, Ryan Bowers took his wife's advice and sheltered in the basement with their 2-1/2-month-old daughter and their dogs.

A toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died on Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms' devastation. The girl's death brings the overall toll from Friday's storms to 39 across five states.

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chain-sawed through a region of millions, levelling small towns along the way.

Severe storms pounded the central United States on Tuesday, producing baseball-sized hail and unconfirmed reports of tornado touchdowns, forcing voting to be suspended during primary elections in Iowa and halting flights at a Nebraska airport.

When a powerful tornado bore down on the small city of Washington, Illinois, on Sunday, Ryan Bowers took his wife's advice and sheltered in the basement with their 2-1/2-month-old daughter and their dogs.

A toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died on Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms' devastation. The girl's death brings the overall toll from Friday's storms to 39 across five states.

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chain-sawed through a region of millions, levelling small towns along the way.