A stretch of the midwestern states is at risk of severe weather, forecasters warned on Friday, as tornadoes battered towns across the central US region, leaving behind debris and destroyed property.<\/p>\n
According to the National Weather Service, severe thunderstorms may be seen in north-west Oklahoma through western Missouri<\/a> during Friday afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n The storm system is capable of producing large hail, roughly the size of a baseball. A hailstone can reach speeds of up to 107mph (about 172km\/h) as it falls to the ground, according to the NWS. The agency warned<\/a> residents in affected areas to stay indoors and away from windows during any severe weather episodes.<\/p>\n Roughly 26 million people are under tornado watches from Wisconsin<\/a> to Oklahoma, according to CNN. A rare \u201cparticularly dangerous situation\u201d threat level was assigned to one tornado in Illinois and two in Wisconsin, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n Across social media, photographs and videos circulated showing the aftermath of the severe weather ravaging the central US.<\/p>\n A man in Stewartville, Minnesota, posted a video<\/a> to Facebook on Friday of a block of homes in the neighborhood. One house\u2019s window appeared to be blown out, while another\u2019s garage door was caved in.<\/p>\n In Wisconsin, the Buffalo county sheriff\u2019s office shared photographs<\/a> of damage to a house\u2019s roof with wooden debris strewn on the grass around it.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s storms came after the region faced days of tornadoes, hail and flooding.<\/p>\n