At least two tornadoes in Arkansas have a preliminary rating of EF-4 as part of the tornado outbreak that has claimed dozens of lives.

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

At least 41 people are dead after a weekend of dynamic storms unleashed tornadoes, blinding dust and wildfires — leaving behind uprooted trees and flattening hundreds of homes and businesses across seven states in the U.

Devastating storms swept across seven states in the Midwest and the South, sparking tornadoes, wildfires, and dust storms. At least 40 people have died. The damage has been unimaginable. Here are 22 photos of the aftermath: 6.