{"id":37880,"date":"2013-05-20T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T08:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=37880"},"modified":"2013-05-20T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T08:23:08","slug":"massive-tornadoes-strike-us-midd-west-us-news-37880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/massive-tornadoes-strike-us-midd-west-us-news-37880\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Tornado Alert:Massive Tornadoes strike US Midd West \/ US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Strike-US-Midd-West-Tornado-Alert-USA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37902\" title=\"USA-Tornado-Alert-Tornadoes-Strike-US-Midd-West\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Strike-US-Midd-West-Tornado-Alert-USA.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Strike-US-Midd-West-Tornado-Alert-USA.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Strike-US-Midd-West-Tornado-Alert-USA-280x156.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>At least one person has been killed and 21 people injured in Oklahoma after a half-mile wide twister swept through the US state reducing homes to rubble.<\/h1>\n<p>Houses were completely destroyed in the towns of Carney and Pink as the tornado passed through.<\/p>\n<p>More than two dozen tornadoes were spotted in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and local news reports.<\/p>\n<p>They formed part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota, producing 80mph winds and huge hail stones.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of homes and businesses were without power in Wichita in Kansas after a power cut.<\/p>\n<p>At least four separate tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, including one in the town of Shawnee which smashed through a group of mobile homes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Hit-US-Midd-West.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37903\" title=\"US-Twister-Hit-Midd-West\" alt=\"US Tornadoes 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Hit-US-Midd-West.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Hit-US-Midd-West.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tornadoes-Hit-US-Midd-West-280x156.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A storm spotter told the National Weather Service that the tornado left the earth &#8220;scoured&#8221; at the mobile home park.<\/p>\n<p>Some 16 counties of the state were declared disaster areas by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters had been warning for days that a powerful front was expected to blast through the region, spawning potentially destructive twisters.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had put counties in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri on alert.<\/p>\n<p>The storm system was described by the US National Weather Service as &#8220;violent&#8221; and &#8220;extremely dangerous&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, 10 tornadoes tore through Texas killing at least six people and injuring dozens as they flattened homes and downed power lines.<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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