Videos: Tornadoes ravage central US, rip away houses and gas stations

At least 18 people died as tornadoes and storms wreaked havoc across central US regions, obliterating homes and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

The fatalities included seven in northern Texas, eight in Arkansas, two in Oklahoma, and one in Kentucky. Many others were injured, and almost 500,000 people faced power outages across multiple states on Sunday.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared that more than a third of the counties in his state were now under a disaster declaration. Videos from the county depicted a petrol station and rest stop nearly demolished, with twisted metal strewn over damaged vehicles.