Tornadoes rip through Dallas area neighbourhoods – in pictures

A tornado touches down and brushes up debris in Lancaster, Texas, south of Dallas Photograph: Parrish Velasco/AP

Homes in Kennedale destroyed by a tornado Photograph: Khampha Bouaphanh/AP

Homes in Lancaster destroyed by a tornado that tore through the town Photograph: Khampha Bouaphanh/AP

A resident looks at the damage caused by a tornado in Lancaster Photograph: Tim Sharp/Reuters

A Forney resident surveys the damage to a home. At least two separate tornadoes touched down south of Dallas and Fort Worth on Tuesday Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

April Bridges pauses while digging through the remains of a house in Arlington, Texas. Damage to homes was extensive, but no deaths have been reported Photograph: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Jason Moffett carries belongings out of a destroyed home Photograph: Tim Sharp/Reuters

David Lowe carries his dog after it was rescued from rubble in Arlington Photograph: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

A woman talks on her phone outside a house where two cars had been blown against it after a tornado ripped through neighbourhoods in Lancaster, Texas Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

The tornadoes tossed trucks into the air, leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots Photograph: Tim Sharp/Reuters

Residents search for personal belongings in a home ravaged by the tornado Photograph: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Residents could be seen walking down the street with firefighters and peering into homes, looking at the damage after the storm passed Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

A tornado moves through the Dallas-Fort Worth area in this still image taken from video. One or more tornadoes touched down in the area on Tuesday Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters