Shocking footage captured the moment a devastating tornado ripped through a small Oklahoma town, destroying several homes and leaving thousands without power.
The terrifying twister tore through the Midwest state Wednesday evening, while parts of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Iowa have also been placed under a tornado watch.
Tennis-ball sized hail and torrential winds severely damaged multiple homes, while over 3,000 people across several counties are affected by power outages.
The severe weather front is expected to stretch through multiple states throughout Wednesday night and into the coming days, which could see several other breakout tornadoes devastate the region.
The destruction comes as several other tornados have hammered the Midwest and South in recent weeks, where at least 26 people died due to the carnage.
A terrifying tornado devastated the town of Cole, Oklahoma on Wednesday evening
Over 3,000 people across several counties were left without power after the twister ripped through the Midwest state
Tennis-ball sized hail and torrential winds destroyed multiple homes in the region
The National Weather Service warned that the tornado was set to be ‘large and extremely dangerous’ as it swept in over Cole, Oklahoma, a town of roughly 600 people.
The extreme weather front is expected to cause significant damage in the coming days, despite currently hitting mostly rural areas.
The prediction center added in its warning that the tornado would bring ‘severe thunderstorms with the potential for very large hail’.
It continued that there was a ‘risk for a couple of tornadoes’ in the region, and ‘severe gusts will be possible late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night across parts of the central states’.
Wind gusts of up to 75mph have been forecast as the storm system moves West through to the Great Plains on Wednesday night.
Severe weather warnings have been issued for residents in the storm’s path, including those in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska.
Through the night, the destruction is predicted to stretch down to Austin, Texas, while also reaching St Louis, Missouri as several other isolated tornadoes are possible.
The destruction comes after multiple tornadoes ripped through America’s Midwest and South in recent weeks, killing at least 26 people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
Devastating storms destroyed homes and businesses and left entire neighborhoods unrecognizable.
The dead included at least nine in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, three in Sullivan, Indiana, and four in Illinois.
Multiple tornadoes have hammered the Midwest and South in recent weeks, killing 26 people. Pictured is a destroyed home in Sullivan, Indiana on April 1, 2023
Masoud Shahed-Ghaznavi, pictured with his destroyed home in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 1, 2023
Last month, terrifying footage captured the moment a tornado battered a Mississippi high school, as the state struggled to handle the severe weather bomb.
The huge twister tore through Amory High School, before gusting through the Midwest as one of several to hit the region.
The tornado outbreak, which produced around two dozen tornadoes, caused catastrophic damage to the area, leading to at least 26 deaths and countless injuries.
Continuing into the start of this month, tornadoes were also reported in Alabama and Arkansas, where city officials in Little Rock say more than 2,600 buildings were damaged after finding themselves in the storm’s path.
