Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

At least 41 people are dead after a weekend of dynamic storms unleashed tornadoes, blinding dust and wildfires — leaving behind uprooted trees and flattening hundreds of homes and businesses across seven states in the U.

Devastating storms swept across seven states in the Midwest and the South, sparking tornadoes, wildfires, and dust storms. At least 40 people have died. The damage has been unimaginable. Here are 22 photos of the aftermath: 6.

The weather cut a swathe of destruction across an area of the country that is home to more than 100 million people.

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.

Nine of the 12 fatalities reported during last week's severe weather outbreak occurred in Wayne and Ozark counties.