Officials warned of a fast-moving, deadly storm system on Sunday morning and issued tornado watches throughout the day for wide areas of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.
By the time the storm had passed on Sunday evening, tornadoes — scores of them, according to the National Weather Service — had left paths of destruction.
The storm was so fast-moving - with winds of
up to 111km/h (68mph) - that weather services issued warnings for people
not to wait until they saw the weather change.
Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin were buffered by the storm, which weakened it tracked east towards Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and New Jersey.
An overturned car rests in a pile of rubble about a mile northeast of Washington, Illinois, on November 17,2013
The roof was torn off this classroom at Southwestern Middle School in Lafayette, Indiana, on November 17,2013
An elderly woman is escorted through tornado debris in Brookport, Illinois, on November 17,2013 
A car sits among the debris of a leveled home in Kokomo, Indiana, on November 17,2013 
The Irvington Post Office is badly damaged after heavy rain and high winds hit Indianapolis on November 17,2013
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