Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs

A tornado has plowed done suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses arsenic the twister tore for miles on farmland and into subdivisions

OMAHA, Neb. -- A tornado plowed done suburban Omaha, Nebraska, connected Friday afternoon, demolishing homes arsenic the twister tore for miles on farmland and into subdivisions. It wasn’t yet wide if anyone was injured oregon killed successful the storm.

Multiple tornadoes were reported successful Nebraska but the astir destructive tempest moved from a mostly agrarian country into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a metropolis of 485,000 people.

Photos connected societal media showed heavy damaged homes and shredded trees. Video showed homes with roofs stripped of shingles, successful a agrarian country adjacent Omaha. Law enforcement were blocking disconnected roads successful the area.

Few details were instantly available. Nebraska Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Katrina Sperl said harm is conscionable present being reported.

The Weather Service besides issued tornado watches crossed parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. And forecasters warned that ample hail and damaging upwind gusts were possible.

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Hollingsworth reported from Mission, Kansas.