Oklahoma City suburb devastated by EF-4 tornado – in pictures

A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School in Moore Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

A house fire outside Moore Photograph: KFOR-TV/AP

Two men attempt to pry open a car door to check for victims in a business parking lot west of I-35 south of 4th Street Photograph: Jim Beckel/AP

A woman carries her child through a field near the Plaza Towers Elementary School Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

A tornado moves past homes in Moore Photograph: Alonzo Adams/AP

Piled up cars outside The Moore Medical centre Photograph: Steve Gooch/AP

Rescuers recover a horse from the remains of destroyed barns Photograph: Steve Sisney/AP

An aerial photo shows damage to buildings hit by the massive tornado which flattened entire neighbourhoods Photograph: Steve Gooch/AP

An aerial view of houses destroyed in the path of the tornado Photograph: Steve Gooch/AP

A child is passed along a chain of people after being rescued from the Plaza Towers elementary school Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

Rachel Hilton carries kittens she found in the debris of her parents' home Photograph: Nate Billings/AP

People in front of the Plaza Towers elementary school Photograph: Sarah Phipps/AP

Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

An aerial photo shows the trail of destruction Photograph: Steve Gooch/AP

Vehicles are piled up outside the heavily damaged Moore medical centre Photograph: Brett Deering/Getty Images

Two girls stand in the rubble of buildings Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

Philip Gotcher stands in the rubble of his house Photograph: Brett Deering/Getty Images

A woman carries an injured child to a triage center near the Plaza Towers Elementary School Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

A fire burns in the Tower Plaza Addition in Moore Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

People assess the damage to properties Photograph: Brett Deering/Getty Images