PHOTOS: Tornadoes carve catastrophic path across nation’s heartland
Images from FOX Weather teams covering aftermath shows incredible destruction
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Image 1 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 2 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 3 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 4 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 5 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 6 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 7 of 66Baled cotten is seen strewn across a field in Leahville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado the night before swept through the area. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 8 of 66Baled cotten is seen strewn across a field in Leahville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado the night before swept through the area. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 9 of 66Baled cotten is seen strewn across a field in Leahville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado the night before swept through the area. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 10 of 66Baled cotten is seen strewn across a field in Leahville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado the night before swept through the area. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 11 of 66Baled cotten is seen strewn across a field in Leahville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado the night before swept through the area. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 12 of 66Baled cotten is seen strewn across a field in Leahville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado the night before swept through the area. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 13 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Leachville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 14 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Leachville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 15 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Leachville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 16 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Leachville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 17 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Leachville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 18 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Leachville, Arkansas, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 19 of 66Damage is seen in Kingston Springs, Tennessee, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado. (Will Nunley)
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Image 20 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 21 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 22 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 23 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 24 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 25 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 26 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 27 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 28 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 29 of 66Damage at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is seen on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado tore through the area. (Brandy Campbell)
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Image 30 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 31 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 32 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 33 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 34 of 66A mangled pickup is seen surrounded by splintered trees in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021, after a tornado. (Robert Ray)
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Image 35 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 36 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 37 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 38 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 39 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 40 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 41 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 42 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Robert Ray)
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Image 43 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 44 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 45 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 46 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 47 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 48 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 49 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 50 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 51 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 52 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 53 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 54 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 55 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 56 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 57 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Nicole Valdes)
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Image 58 of 66Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson surveys storm damage in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 59 of 66Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson surveys storm damage in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 60 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 61 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 62 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 63 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 64 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 65 of 66Tornado damage is seen in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
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Image 66 of 66Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson surveys storm damage in Monette, Arkansas, on Dec. 11, 2021. (Hunter Davis)
Tornadoes ripped across the nation’s heartland from Friday night to Saturday morning, leaving a path of catastrophic damage in their wake.
The gallery attached to this story shows images from the FOX Weather team who have been covering the aftermath since Saturday.
For more about the tornado outbreak, read these stories:
- Death toll at destroyed Kentucky candle factory may be lower than feared
- Before and after photos show destruction to Amazon warehouse from Edwardsville tornado
- Half of Kentucky town was leveled by tornado, governor says
- 'I lost a part of my history': Mayfield couple’s restaurant destroyed by tornado
- 7 videos that show how tornado outbreak in nation's heartland unfolded
- New drone video shows devastation in Leachville, Arkansas
- How to help tornado recovery efforts across mid-South
- Tornado surveys ongoing, could take several days to complete, NWS says