A tornado ripped through the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, with the twister tearing through miles of farmland and destroying homes in a subdivision. It is not yet clear whether anyone was injured or killed in the storm.
Severe storms hit parts of central U.S., causing tornadoes in Kansas and Iowa
Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska, but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area to the northwest suburbs of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people.
On Friday, a tornado touched down outside Omaha, Nebraska.
Photos on social media showed badly damaged homes and shredded trees. Video showed houses in a rural area near Omaha with their roofs torn off. Police had blocked roads in the area.
Few details were immediately available. Katrina Spahr, a spokeswoman for the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, said damage is just being reported.
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The weather service also issued tornado watches for parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Forecasters also warned that large hail and damaging wind gusts were possible.
