An enormous storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota created tornadoes that tore through the plains states causing massive damage and at least two deaths on Sunday, according to USA Today.
Tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. The National Weather Service reported that as many as 28 tornadoes were reported in the five states, the worst of the storms were in Oklahoma where over 20 people were injured and two killed.
The two fatalities occurred in Shawnee, Okla., when the Steelman Mobile Home Park was completely razed by the storm.
"You can see where there is absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said. "It looks like there has been heavy equipment in there on a demolition tour. It's pretty bad, it's pretty much wiped out."
Ethan Mignard described to CNN what it was like to witness the tornado that hit Shawnee.
"It was six miles away, but it looked like it was right on top of you," Mignard said. "It was huge. It looked like it wasn't going to be good for somebody. When we saw it, we stepped on the gas of the car and got to the basement of the school as fast as we could."
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency in the 16 counties of her state that were hardest hit, according to the BBC.
"Right now we're in a rescue and recovery stage," Fallin said. "We're still not in the clear yet."
Weather officials warned that Monday could possibly bring more damaging storms to the area.
"Today could be potentially as dangerous as yesterday," CNN meteorologist Indra Petersons said. "We're talking about 500,000 square miles under the gun for severe weather."
Petersons warned that a combination of strong winds and warm moist air colliding with dry air could cause severe weather to continue in the area for the next couple of days.
