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Photos: Storms tear through central and southern U.S.

April 28, 2014 10:21AM ET

Tornadoes and severe weather wreak havoc in parts of Iowa, Arkansas and Oklahoma, killing 16 people

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Aerial view of the central town after a tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas April 28, 2014. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Tornado, Arkansas
Aerial view of the central town after a tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas April 28, 2014. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Tornado, Arkansas
A residential neighborhood is seen destroyed by a tornado in this aerial photograph taken near Vilonia, Arkansas April 28, 2014. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Tornado, Arkansas
Men use boards as paddles as they search though the debris of what is left of homes in a lake after a tornado hit the town of Vilonia, Arkansas, April 28, 2014. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
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Volunteer Gina Lowe helps a family move belongings from a home that was destroyed by a tornado two days before, April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Mark Wilson / Getty Images
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John Folked uses an electric saw to cut downed power lines where his Realty business once stood before a tornado destroyed it two days earlier, on April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Mark Wilson / Getty Images
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A flipped pickup truck in Mayflower, Arkansas, after a tornado hit the town, April 27, 2014. Kathryn Piotrowski / TwisterChasers.com / Reuters
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A damaged tractor-trailer in Mayflower, April 27 Gene Blevins / Reuters
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First in Video news videographer Brad Mack covers the damage after the tornado hit Mayflower. Some 45 homes were destroyed in a newer subdivision, and a lumberyard was damaged, said Will Elder, an alderman in the city of 2,300 people. Gene Blevins / Reuters
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Travel trailers and motor homes at Mayflower RV in Mayflower, April 27. Danny Johnston / AP