Photos and video: Nebraskans pick up the pieces day after Howard County tornado
A tornado that ripped through Howard County destroyed four homes near St. Libory.
Michaela Bruning is embraced by Ryan Marr as they examine the remnants of her home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County.
Whitney Miller searches through the rubble of her home in the Denton Circle housing development near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County.
Brad Dubas picks up a Husker flag he found in the rubble while searching for belongings with his close friend Michaela Bruning at Bruning's home near St. Libory on Monday. Bruning's home was among those struck by a tornado that ripped through Howard County.
Whitney Miller searches through the rubble of her home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after it was struck by a tornado.
Michaela Bruning is embraced by Ryan Marr as they examine the remnants of her home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after it was struck by a tornado.
A mangled vehicle sits in front of a home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.
Lora Miller searches through rubble that was once a children’s room at her son's home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after it was struck by a tornado.
Abbie Obermiller, left, and Ryan Marr search through the rubble of a home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.
A tornado near St. Libory destroyed newly built homes Sunday.
A tornado near St. Libory destroyed newly built homes Sunday.
A tornado near St. Libory destroyed newly built homes Sunday.
Debris from a home near St. Libory lays scattered Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County on Sunday.
New homes near St. Libory lay in rubble Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County on Sunday.
Friends and family help clean up rubble Monday after a tornado hit the Bruning home near St. Libory on Sunday.
Friends and family help clean up rubble Monday at the Bruning home near St. Libory.
A cat walks through the wreckage of the Bruning home near St. Libory on Monday.
A cat walks among the wreckage of a home near St. Libory on Monday.
Friends and family help clean a nearby field of debris Monday near St. Libory.
Utility workers clean up debris outside St. Libory on Monday.
A tractor sits upended in a field near St. Libory on Monday.
Michaela Bruning wipes her eyes while examining her neighbor's home near St. Libory on Monday.
Austen Sis examines the damage to a home near St. Libory on Monday.
A tornado that ripped throug Howard County on Sunday destroyed four homes near St. Libory.
Lora Miller carries a box full of children’s books and keepsakes while cleaning up her son's home near St. Libory on Monday. The home was destroyed by a tornado on Sunday.
Friends, family, and volunteers help clean up debris near St. Libory on Monday.
Shelby Schwartz, left, embraces her neighbor Michaela Bruning while cleaning up Monday near St. Libory. A tornado hit Bruning’s home in the Denton Circle housing development northeast of town Sunday.
Volunteers and helpers clean up debris near St. Libory on Monday.
Vehicles sit mangled near St. Libory on Monday.
Michaela and Bo Bruning look through rubble for valuables and keepsakes on Monday, a day after a tornado hit their home in the Denton Circle housing development northeast of St. Libory on Monday.
A toy horse is seen among the rubble of homes near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.
Brad Dubas looks at the devastation at a friend's home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.
The road sign leading to the Denton Circle housing development northeast of St. Libory sits mangled on the ground Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.
Friends, family and volunteers help the Miller family clean up debris at their home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.
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