27 dead, one town 'gone' as more than six dozen tornadoes rip central US

Rescue workers searched for survivors on Saturday after more than six dozen tornadoes tore across the central United States (US), killing at least 27 people and wiping out whole communities.

Trucks and trees were tossed aside like candy on Friday as deadly funnel clouds descended on five states.

The images were surreal: a school bus smashed through a brick home, trucks thrown into lakes, stately brick homes reduced to rubble and wooden ones smashed into kindling, mobile homes flipped like tin cans.

The death toll in Indiana reached 13 late on Friday, officials said.

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