In Photos: Midwest Tornadoes

A view of part of Washington, Ill. is seen from Mackenzie Street in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 after a tornado moved through the area. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter and even prompting officials at Soldier Field in Chicago to evacuate the stands and delay the Bears game. (AP Photo/Alex Kareotes)

Reuters reported that, the city of Washington, Illinois, was hard-hit by what the National Weather Service called a “large and extremely dangerous” tornado, with photos showing buildings reduced to rubble and homes torn in half in the city of 15,000 people some 145 miles southwest of Chicago. 

U.S. weather officials said that a fast-moving storm system spawned multiple tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, threatening some 53 million people across 10 Midwestern states on Sunday

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Washington, Ill., firefighters stand in the middle of Devonshire Street on the North side of Washington, Ill., after a tornado leveled at least fifty homes, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. High winds that followed the tornado are causing danger as homeowners and emergency workers try to search homes. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley)

Chuck Phillips looks out at the destruction that tore off part of his roof and left houses around him destroyed after a tornado left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Il.,Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky) MANDATORY CREDIT

A garage in the Town of Hustisford collapsed and walls were turned inside-out after severe weather moved through the area Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Dodge County Emergency Management, Joseph Meagher)

Webster Groves firefighters Chris Manita, center, and Matt Grossenhieder climb over a tree that fell on a house on Clydehurst Drive in Webster Groves, Mo., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. The residents of the house were home at the time the tree fell but were not injured. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across a number of Midwestern states Sunday, causing damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter and even prompting officials at Soldier Field in Chicago to evacuate the stands and delay the Bears game. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)

Josh Ramsey recovers items from a house of a family friend after a tornado left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Ill., hitting right about noon Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)

A tornado left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Il.,Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)

A view of part of Washington, Ill. is seen from Mackenzie Street in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 after a tornado moved through the area. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter and even prompting officials at Soldier Field in Chicago to evacuate the stands and delay the Bears game. (AP Photo/Alex Kareotes)

Photos: Midwest and Mid-Atlantic Storm

Massive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas.

Here are photos of the storm and the aftermath.

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Storm clouds push toward downtown on June 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. A massive storm system with heavy rain, high winds, hail and possible tornadoes is expected to move into Illinois and much of the central part of the Midwest today. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Clean up crews work on a large tree the crashed down blocking any access to the Charter Oaks development along Old Lancaster Pike as a quick moving storm rolls over the area Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Hockessin, Del. A massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and plowed across the country was hitting the Mid-Atlantic Thursday, causing widespread power outages and flash flooding, but still largely failing to live up to its fierce billing. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Suchat Pederson

Lighting flashes over the Chicago skyline, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. An unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds was rolling through the Midwest on Wednesday and could affect more than one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

A storm blows in to Washington, D.C. Thursday June 13, 2013. The storm front spawned tornadoes and damage across the Ohio Valley before hitting the Washington area (Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)

Storm clouds push toward downtown on June 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. A massive storm system with heavy rain, high winds, hail and possible tornadoes is expected to move into Illinois and much of the central part of the Midwest today. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A Spencer resident wrings flood water out his mop as he begins the long task of cleaning up after flood waters overtook the town of Spencer, W.Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. The West Virginia National Guard sent personnel to assist in Roane County after several inches of rain prompted flash flooding Thursday. (AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Bob Wojcieszak)

The tail end of the severe line of storms that hit the Washington DC region Thursday afternoon passes over a field on June 13, 2013 in Davidsonville, MD (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post)

Ed Zunino and Kenny Price with Tree Huggerz clears debris from a home after a storm passed through, Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Hockessin, Del. A massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and plowed across the country was hitting the Mid-Atlantic Thursday, causing widespread power outages and flash flooding, but still largely failing to live up to its fierce billing. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Suchat Pederson)

Post-storm clouds catch the setting sun above the King and Queen building in Sandy Springs on Thursday evening June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray)

Drivers maneuver to turn around on Bell Branch road after a severe line of storms hit the Washington DC region Thursday afternoon knocking out power with high winds falling trees and branches on June 13, 2013 in Davidsonville, MD (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Post-storm clouds catch the setting sun on the Connector in midtown Atlanta on Thursday evening June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray)

Lightning strikes the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in downtown on June 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. A massive storm system with heavy rain, high winds, hail and possible tornadoes is expected to move into Illinois and much of the central part of the Midwest today. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Passing motorist Charles Jenkins, right, helps Lynchburg firefighters move branches of a tree that was blown over during the storm, blocking the southbound lanes of U.S. 501 through Lynchburg, Va. Thursday, June 13, 2013. About 140,000 homes and businesses remain without power in Virginia after a powerful storm pummeled the state. (AP Photo/The News & Advance, Parker Michels-Boyce)

Flood water inundates the town of Spencer, W.Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. The flooding forced the evacuation of Roane County’s 911 center and closed roads in the Spencer area, said Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management director of operations Terrance Lively. (AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Bob Wojcieszak)

A Tree is uprooted during a thunderstorm damaging a house on the 600 block of N. Bradford St. Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Dover, Del. A massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and plowed across the country was hitting the Mid-Atlantic Thursday, causing widespread power outages and flash flooding, but still largely failing to live up to its fierce billing. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Gary Emeigh)

Passing motorists Charles Jenkins (center) and Tyler Hackworth (center right) work with members of the Lynchburg Fire Department to clear a tree that fell due to heavy winds across the southbound lanes of U.S. 501 in Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/The News & Advance, Parker Michels-Boyce)

Ed Zunino and Kenny Price with Tree Huggerz clears debris from a home after a storm passed through, Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Hockessin, Del. A massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and plowed across the country was hitting the Mid-Atlantic Thursday, causing widespread power outages and flash flooding, but still largely failing to live up to its fierce billing. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Suchat Pederson)