A week of storms across the central US has left multiple people dead and widespread damage.

More than a dozen tornadoes were reported on Thursday, with most in Indiana and Illinois, where parts of entire neighborhoods were leveled.

The storm system moved into the East on Friday with damaging winds battering major cities from New York to Washington.

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A destructive and deadly weeklong stretch of storms and tornadoes in the central US has finally ended, but more dangerous weather battered much of the East on Friday.