‘Really abnormal’ storms and tornadoes tear through Great Plains and midwest

At least five people have died after unseasonably warm temperatures spawned hurricane-force winds and possible tornadoes

At least five people died as a powerful and extremely unusual storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest amid unseasonably warm temperatures, spawning hurricane-force winds and possible tornadoes in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.

In south-eastern Minnesota, Olmsted county Sheriff's Lt Lee Rossman said a 65-year-old man was killed Wednesday night when a 40ft tree blew onto him outside his home.