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Missouri tornado kills at least five as search effort continues Missouri tornado kills at least five as search effort continues
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At least five people died after a tornado ripped through south-east Missouri overnight, authorities said.   At least five people have died after a tornado ripped through south-eastern Missouri, authorities said.  
Search and rescue efforts are continuing after the tornado touched down just before 04:00 (10:00 GMT) in Bollinger County, officials said. The twister touched down just before 04:00 (10:00 GMT) on Wednesday in Bollinger County, officials said.
Residents who emerged early on Wednesday morning to survey the damage found trees toppled on cars and and roofs ripped from homes. Residents who emerged to survey the damage found trees toppled on cars and and roofs ripped from homes. Search and rescue efforts continue.
Millions of Americans are under a tornado watch throughout Wednesday. Millions of Americans from Texas to the Great Lakes region were under a tornado watch on Wednesday.
National Weather Service (NWS) officials on the ground said that preliminary reports indicate that the tornado was an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. National Weather Service (NWS) officials in Bollinger County, 50 miles (80km) south of St Louis, said that preliminary reports indicate the tornado was an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. EF5 is the most powerful.
Estimated peak winds reached 130mph (210km/h), the NWS says. Estimated peak winds reached 130mph, the NWS said. It is estimated to have travelled 15 to 20 miles in a span of 15 minutes.
Officials told BBC News that local police and state highway patrol teams were assisting with rescue and recovery efforts.Officials told BBC News that local police and state highway patrol teams were assisting with rescue and recovery efforts.
Widespread damage reported after a tornado ripped through Bollinger County, Missouri Resident Josh Wells had fled to his sister's home before the tornado hit because she has a basement. His own home was heavily damaged overnight.
One resident told local reporters he woke up just as the storm pressed down on his home and urged his family to quickly hide in the bathroom. "We all ran down and huddled against the wall and my brother-in-law made it down just seconds before we heard the roaring sound of the wind and debris crashing around us," he told CBS, the BBC's US partner.
The destruction comes as a powerful storm system that has so far killed at least 30 people continues to batter the region, spawning dozens of tornados and severe thunderstorms. The frame of a mobile home that was blown away
A large swathe of the US - stretching from Texas to the Great Lakes region - remains under a tornado watch on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Bollinger County's public administrator Larry Welker said residents of several trailer homes were still missing.
There have been more than 80 reported tornadoes since 31 March, the weather service said. The destruction comes after a powerful storm system that killed at least 30 people battered the region, spawning dozens of tornados and severe thunderstorms.
There have been more than 80 reported tornadoes since 31 March, the NWS said.
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