Tornadoes reach Oklahoma after devastating Joplin, Missouri – in pictures

People try to salvage items from a home after it was destroyed in Joplin, Missouri Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A man works on salvaging cash from an ATM which was damaged and tossed about 20 feet in Joplin Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A destroyed apartment complex in Joplin Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

A member of the Carthage fire department looks to the sky after discovering boards protruding from the side of a house in Joplin Photograph: Julie Denesha/Getty Images

A door with a home owner's address rests against a destroyed car in Joplin Photograph: Ed Zurga/Reuters

A girl sits outside her family home which was destroyed in Joplin Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Members of Missouri Task Force One search and rescue team work at a tornado-damaged Home Depot store in Joplin Photograph: Jeff Roberson/AP

A Canadian County sheriff deputy takes a photo of the debris path of a tornado which ripped through the Falcon Lake area of Piedmont, Oklahoma Photograph: Bill Waugh/Reuters

The half-mile-wide tornado moves north in Canadian County, Oklahoma Photograph: Paul B. Southerland/AP

A woman looks at what is left of her home after a tornado ripped through the Falcon Lake area of Piedmont Photograph: Bill Waugh/Reuters

A member of a search and rescue crew looks for missing children after a tornado ripped through the Falcon Lake area Photograph: Bill Waugh/Reuters

Volunteers look through the rubble for victims after the devastating tornado hit Joplin Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

A woman salvages what she can from her mother's Joplin house after it was destroyed by the massive tornado Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Heavy rain clouds form at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington during a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

An aerial view of destroyed houses in Joplin Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

A man pauses while salvaging items after his home was destroyed in Joplin, Missouri Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A house is left as a pile of rubble after being destroyed by a tornado west of El Reno, Oklahoma Photograph: Chris Landsberger/AP

A man stands with his mother in what used to be his second-floor apartment in Joplin Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images