Flattened homes and scattered debris in the U.S. state of Oklahoma after a massive storm ripped through four central U.S. states on Sunday.<br/> <br />Local media said at least one person died here in Shawnee, just outside Oklahoma City.<br/> <br />Fist-sized hail, blinding rain and more than two dozen tornadoes were reported in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois.<br/> <br />Chuck Walton described the moment one tornado hit.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHUCK WALTON, HOME DAMAGED BY TORNADO SAYING:<br/> <br />"No sooner than we got in the basement, we saw heavy wind and heavy rain and after it subsided we saw that we had sustained quite a bit of damage."<br/> <br />Meteorologists had been warning for days that a powerful front was expected to blast through the region, spawning potentially destructive twisters as it made its way north from Texas.<br/> <br />The extreme weather is expected to continue into Monday.
