Severe weather

Linda Elston carries belongings out of the family RV that was overturned by a tornado at a state shooting tournament that was destroyed in El Reno, Okla.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

Holly Mais, left, Josh Hill, Dylan Lager and Forrest Champion carry an injured dog out of a home damaged by the passing tornado on Saturday in El Reno, Okla.   (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Kalia Robbins hugs her great uncle Bill Thesing, who was injured while in his home when a tornado hit Saturday in El Reno, Okla.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Bill Thesing, left, who was injured in his home when a tornado hit, returns to what was left of it from the hospital to salvage items as his friend Tammy Hicks helps.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

People survey the damage at the at Canadian Valley Technology Center’s El Reno Campus after it was hit by a powerful tornado Saturday. The tornado ripped through the area, killing at least nine people, injuring many others and destroying homes and buildings.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

This aerial photo shows damage in the Rolling Meadow Estates neighborhood on Friday in Broken Arrow, Okla., after a tornado passed the area overnight.  (Tom Gilbert / Associated Press)

Floodwaters on Eastbrook Drive overtake cars parked in the street on Saturday in Fort Wayne, Ind. Residents evacuated their homes after overnight storms dumped heavy rainfall, causing severe flash flooding.   (Chad Ryan / Associated Press)

Fort Wayne firefighters Jerry Shultz, left, and Brian Sorgen help Karen Hudda wade through the floodwaters in front of her home Saturday in Fort Wayne, Ind. Residents evacuated their homes after overnight storms dumped heavy rainfall, causing severe flash flooding.  (Chad Ryan / Associated Press)

A woman comforts a baby while talking on a phone outside what is left of a livestock auction business hit by a tornado in El Reno, Okla.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

Lisa Ludlam holds her children, Jake, 6, Paige, 9, and Tony, 11, at the Cox Convention Center after fans at the Barons game were evacuated to the parking garage due to severe storms in Oklahoma City.  (Bryan Terry / Associated Press)

Sarah Scarritt cleans up what is left of the livestock auction business where she worked after it was hit by a tornado in El Reno, Okla.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

Ruth Magers recovers some dishes from what is left of her friend Bobbie Steenbergen’s home that was destroyed by a tornado that swept through central Oklahoma on Friday in El Reno, Okla.   (Nick Oxford / Associated Press)

Wilburn Shaw looks for personal items in the remains of his kitchen in his home on Saturday in St. Charles, Mo.   (Huy Mach / Associated Press)

Kristi Clausen helps salvage clothing from her neighbor’s destroyed house on Saturday after an overnight storm in St. Charles, Mo.  (Huy Mach / Associated Press)

Ashley Slinkard, left, embraces Becky Brady as they look over the destroyed home of Brady’s daughter on Saturday in St. Charles, Mo.  (Huy Mach / Associated Press)