Tornadoes and thunderstorms hit US midwest - in pictures

A huge tornadic supercell lights up the night skies over Salina, Kansas Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

A tornado makes its way over the 135 freeway near Moundridge, Kansas Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

Police pick through what used to be a trailer in a trailer park in Wichita, Kansas Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

A police officer, right, searches among the debris of a trailer in a trailer park in Wichita, Kansas Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

Huge tornadic supercells shoot out lightning bolts in the skies near the area of Apache, Oklahoma Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

A man is treated by paramedics in a trailer park in Wichita, Kansas Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

Damage in a trailer park in Wichita, Kansas Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

A tornado on the ground makes its way through the night near Salina, Kansas Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

Storm-chasing photographer Brad Mack takes photos of lightning from a tornadic supercell near Apache City, Oklahoma Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

Several trucks and their trailers are overturned on Interstate 29 in Thurman, Iowa Photograph: Eric Francis/Getty Images

A truck drives along Interstate 70 as a tornado moves on the ground north of Solomon, Kansas Photograph: Orlin Wagner/AP

Damage from a tornado in Thurman, Iowa Photograph: Eric Francis/Getty Images

Damage from a tornado in Thurman, Iowa Photograph: Eric Francis/Getty Images

People examine the damage to properties in the Oaklawn neighbourhood in Wichita, Kansas Photograph: Jeff Tuttle/AP

A man clears debris from a damaged home in Thurman, Iowa Photograph: Lane Hickenbottom/Reuters

Workers stand beside a ferris wheel that was damaged in Wichita, Kansas Photograph: Jeff Tuttle/AP

People stand by the remains of a business after a tornado struck Woodward, Oklahoma Photograph: Bryan Terry/AP

A woman holds her dog while standing in front of her damaged house in Wichita, Kansas Photograph: Larry W Smith/EPA