A tornado that ripped through a New Orleans suburb lifted one house into the air and dropped it onto the middle of a street with a family of three inside.
Rescuers have combed through fields of wreckage after a tornado outbreak roared across the middle of the US, leaving dozens dead and communities in despair.
The regional NSW city of Armidale is cleaning up after a late night tornado cut a swathe of destruction leaving thousands in the Northern Tablelands without power.