Storms wreak havoc across US

Missouri, including a woman who drowned after rushing water swept away a car. One of two deaths in Mississippi included a seven-year-old who died by electric shock while a two-year-old girl died in Tennessee after being struck by a football goal post thrown by heavy winds.

In Texas, search teams were out after the tornadoes flattened homes, uprooted trees and flipped several pick-up trucks in Canton (pictured).