Tornadoes hit US - in pictures

LAST UPDATED AT 12:55 ON Mon 18 Apr 2011

A string of tornadoes that began on April 14 in Oklahoma has killed at least 45 people, injured several hundreds and caused millions of dollars in damage. The weather system, which spawned over a hundred separate tornadoes, travelled east over the weekend through Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia.

In pictures: Lethal storms have hit nine states in America's south, killing 45 and injuring hundreds

Related keywords

North Carolina
Tornado
United States
US tornado destruction
US tornado pictures
US tornadoes