Tornadoes slash through 5 states

[DCoach_M]

Tornadoes wallop several states; 300 homes damaged or destroyed

(CNN) -- A rash of tornadoes wreaked havoc in Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday, destroying homes and tossing trees around like toothpicks.

But the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through Monday.

Early Monday morning, a tornado touched down in Golden City, Missouri, and tore through two counties, Barton County Emergency Management Director Tom Ryan said. The number of injuries and extent of damage were not immediately clear.

Hours earlier, one man was killed in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, where a twister reduced trailer park homes to piles of debris.

An estimated 300 homes were damaged or destroyed across Oklahoma, Red Cross spokesman Ken Garcia said. At least 200 of those homes are in Pottawatomie County.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Yikes! Mother Nature can be a brutal mistress sometimes.

 

[Flurry]

And she seems to be particularly brutal this year it seems.

 

[Nikki]

These poor people who lost not only their homes and belongings but loved one as well. This is just heartbreaking.