Several states throughout the U.S. were left with damages after deadly storms and tornadoes destroyed multiple homes and buildings.

At least 12 fatalities have been reported in Missouri, according to the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. The deaths come as a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up deadly dust storms and fanned more than 100 wildfires.

Violent tornadoes and high winds have decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.

Eight people were killed in Kansas after the weather front brought high winds and a dust storm Friday afternoon, lowering visibility and causing a pileup involving dozens of vehic