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Hundreds of homes were flattened, ripped from their foundations, or had their roofs torn off when tornadoes barreled through two states.
The first twister hit Elkhorn, Nebraska, on the outskirts of Omaha, about 4pm on Friday where it wrecked at least six homes - all of them newly built - and damaged dozens more.
'The whole neighborhood just to the north of us is pretty flattened,' Kim Woods, whose house was mostly spared, said.
Terrifying footage showed an enormous tornado touching down with enormous storm clouds swirling while a siren hauntingly blares in the background.
Tornado damage is seen in Minden, Iowa, as hundreds of homes were flattened, ripped from their foundations, or had their roofs torn off when tornadoes barreled through two states
Terry Kicking sifts through the damage after a tornado leveled his home in Omaha
On the horizon, the full scale of the tornado can be appreciated with the giant clouds slowly turning as the storm barrels across the region.
Another tornado began elsewhere in Omaha about 5pm and flung planes at Eppley Airfield around like toys and ripped them to shreds.
The passenger terminal wasn't hit by the tornado but people rushed to storm shelters until the twister passed.
A storm chaser filmed one of the tornadoes crossing highway near Omaha, churning up debris from both the road and adjacent farmland.
The driver came across an overturned big rig that had been flipped by the powerful tornado which could still be seen churning away in the distance.
Photos on social media showed heavily damaged homes and shredded trees. Video showed homes with roofs stripped of roof tiles, in a rural area near Omaha.
A tornado is seen near north of Waverly, Nebraska, on Friday
The first twister hit Elkhorn, Nebraska, on the outskirts of Omaha, about 4pm on Friday where it wrecked at least six homes - all of them newly built - and damaged dozens more
Minden, Iowa, was hit particularly hard with half the town's buildings damaged, four people injured, and the whole community cut off
Another tornado began elsewhere in Omaha about 5pm and flung planes at Eppley Airfield around like toys and ripped them to shreds
A third, very powerful, developed about the same time and cut a swathe through hundreds of miles of both Nebraska and Iowa.
Minden, Iowa, was hit particularly hard with half the town's buildings damaged, four people injured, and the whole community cut off.
'About 40 homes, maybe 50, were destroyed, gas leaks, wires down, a lot of debris. So it's a very dangerous area, except for the people that live here, Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office chief deputy Jeff Theulen said.
'Obviously, they're trying to take care of their houses and our thoughts and prayers are with them.'
More tornadoes or on the way this weekend with very severe warnings issued for Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas for Saturday and Iowa to East Texas on Sunday.
Drone footage and photos from the ground showed massive damage and homes reduced to rubble and kindling.
Some homeowners who only just bought their houses were left with nothing, or had their garages ripped away from the house.
Gopala Penmetsa walks past his house after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha
Families sift through the destruction from a tornado near Omaha
A drone view shows people inspecting the site of damaged buildings in the aftermath of a tornado in Omaha, Nebraska
Photos on social media showed heavily damaged homes and shredded trees
BNSF train cars are seen derailed along US Route 6 after a tornado between Waverly and Lincoln, Nebraska
Damage from the tornado at Garner Industries is seen on Friday outside Waverly, Nebraska
Three people were injured in Nebraska's Lancaster County when a tornado hit an industrial building, causing it to collapse with 70 people inside.
Several were trapped, but everyone was evacuated and the injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said.
Police and firefighters moved door-to-door to help people in Omaha, Fire Chief Kathy Bossman said.
'They're going to be putting together a strategic plan for a detailed search of the area, starting with the properties with most damage,' she said.
'We'll be looking throughout properties in debris piles, we'll be looking in basements, trying to find any victims and make sure everybody is rescued who needs assistance.
'You definitely see the path of the tornado.'
Paul Retzlaff, left, talks with Davianne Vice after a tornado damaged a machine shed on Friday in Lincoln, Nebraska
Damage is seen to home after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha
Emergency crews respond after a tornado damaged a Garner Industries facility in Lincoln, Nebraska
Damaged houses are seen after a tornado passed through the area near Omaha
People are pick through the rubble of a house that was leveled in Elkhorn, Nebraska. Residents began sifting through the rubble after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha
'We watched it touch down like 200 yards over there and then we took shelter,' said Pat Woods, who lives in Elkhorn.
'We could hear it coming through. When we came up our fence was gone
