Tornadoes kill at least 36 in US Midwest, South

Violent storms and tornadoes raked across a huge swath of the US Midwest and Southeast, killing at least 36 people in four states, authorities said on Saturday. 

The fast-moving twisters spawned by massive thunderstorms splintered blocks of homes, damaged a prison and schools and tossed around vehicles like toys across the region, leaving 18 people dead in Kentucky, 14 in neighboring Indiana, three more in Ohio, and one in Alabama, officials said. (Reuters)