Tornadoes nearly obliterate US town

A small town in the US has been almost completely obliterated by tornadoes as dozens of “life-threatening storms” slam the country’s midsection.

Officials told the Associated Press about 75 percent of the town of Thurman in Iowa was wiped out by twisters on Saturday.

A hospital was hit by the violent storms but so far there have been no reports of deaths or injuries in the town of about 250 people.

Fremont County Emergency Management Director Mike Crecelius said Thurman was now in lockdown.

Residents in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas also hunkered down overnight as baseball-size hail shattered windows and tore homes apart, msnbc msnbc reports.

At least 60 tornadoes were reported in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma, The Weather Channel reported.

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