In pictures: Deadly tornadoes sweep through US states

The funnel cloud is pictured from the Barnes Crossing area of Tupelo as the tornado made its way across town on Tupelo, Mississippi on 28 April 2014.

Powerful storms have battered the southern US for a second consecutive day, sweeping through the states of Alabama and, here, in Mississippi.

Debris from the roof of a house on Dunbarton Oaks Circle lies on the street behind Lost Pizza Co. after a tornado went through the area in Tupelo, Mississippi on 28 April 2014.

Buildings were flattened and vehicles overturned as the tornado passed through Tupelo.

Constance Lambert embraces her dog after finding it alive when returning to her destroyed home in Tupelo, on 28 April

For one woman, whose home in Tupelo was completely destroyed, there was some relief when she was reunited with her dog.

Jimmy Sullinger, sits and watches lightning as a storm approaches the gas station where he works on 28 April in Berry, Alabama.

Residents of Berry, Alabama, did not escape the storm. Several casualties were reported in the state.

A K-9 rescue unit walks along Military Street in Baxter Springs, Kansas, on 27 April

Emergency workers have continued their search for possible victims after the first storms struck on Sunday night.

Residents survey the damage in a residential neighbourhood in Quapaw struck by a tornado on 27 April

Entire neighbourhoods in Arkansas were wiped out in Sunday's storms.

A residential neighbourhood is destroyed by a tornado near Vilonia, Arkansas, on 28 April 2014.

This residential area near Vilonia, Arkansas was flattened.

Uprooted trees after a tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas on 28 April 2014.

Many of those killed in Arkansas were in Vilonia.

A damaged vehicle is seen amid debris after a tornado hit the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, on 27 April

One tornado left a 40 mile (65km) trail of destruction.

A mattress is stuck in a tree after a tornado near Vilonia, Arkansas 28 April 2014.

Objects were blown high into the sky by strong winds, such as this mattress.

Men use boards as paddles as they search though the debris of what is left of homes in a lake in Vilonia, Arkansas on 28 April 2014.

Residents have started to search through what remains of their homes in this lake near Vilonia.

Lori Berseth (R) is consoled after searching for her missing Black Labrador dog after a tornado destroyed the town of Mayflower on 17 April

For residents of Mayflower, Arkansas, the loss was devastating.

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