Oklahoma tornado leaves devastation in Moore – in pictures

People walk through a destroyed neighbourhood in Moore, Oklahoma Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

Homes and vehicles reduced to debris in the wake of the tornado Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

The tornado was two miles wide and levelled everything in its path Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

A building with its roof ripped off Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

Rescue workers continue their efforts searching through the rubble of Plaza Towers elementary school Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

Another school destroyed by the tornado – Briarwood elementary school Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

Hundreds of properties were destroyed Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

The Moore Medical Centre was destroyed Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

Houses destroyed by the tornado Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

Neighbouring houses were destroyed Photograph: Benjamin Krain/Getty Images

This full-disk image from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite at 20:45 UTC on 20 May shows the storm system in the south central US that generated the tornado that swept through Moore, Oklahoma Photograph: NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters

The storm system that generated the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, taken by Nasa's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on board one of the Earth Observing System satellites. The image was captured on 20 May, at 19:40 UTC Photograph: NASA/Goddard/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team