The National Weather Service reports 126 tornadoes touched downin Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma Saturday and early Sunday.The count is not official. Many of the tornadoes have been reportedin isolated areas of rural Kansas—99 of the 126 tornado reports arefrom Kansas, reports catastrophe modeler Risk ManagementSolutions.

Currently, insurers are responding to the hardest-hit areas inOklahoma, Kansas and Iowa to help residents there begin to pick upthe pieces and assess damage from wind and hail.

Click “next” to see pictures of the destruction and readinsurance-industry comments.

Gary Gladwin looks over his wrecked property where he stored a1937 Chevy, in Thurman, Iowa, Sunday, April 15. In Iowa, reportssay 75 percent of homes in the small town of Thurman were damaged.Creston also sustained damage to the northwest of the city.

Jim Camoriano, spokesman for State Farm, calls what happenedover the weekend a “really widespread event over several thousandsquare miles.” Claims continue to pour in but no initial countswere available this morning. “We've been busy since moments afterthe tornadoes lifted,” he says.

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Linda Dupree, left, is hugged by a member of the ChristianMotorcycle Association, following a deadly tornado in Woodward,Okla., Sunday, April 15.

State Farm, the largest provider of home and auto insurance toOklahoma, Kansas and Iowa, has deployed a mobile claims operationto Woodward, a rural community about 150 miles from Oklahoma City.Six deaths, including three children, were reported there.Emergency management officials are reporting damage to 89 homes and13 businesses, RMS says. A lightning strike affected the tornadonotification system, reports say.

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In an aerial photo, people assess the damage in the Oaklawnneighborhood in Wichita, Kan., on Sunday, caused by one of severaltornadoes that hit the state on Saturday.

State Farm also set up a drive-in claims facility in Wichita tobegin the adjustment process for policyholders with hail damage,Camoriano adds.

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An “x” on an overturned mattress marks a mobile home alreadychecked for occupants following a tornado in Woodward, Okla.

Oklahoma Farm Bureau, the state's largest domestic insurer, wasalready on the ground adjusting hail and wind damage from aprevious event, says spokesman John Wiscaver.

“We immediately transitioned to help our newly-affectedcustomers,” Wiscaver says. “Although we have many people impacted,it looks like we don't have a significant amount of damage.”

Nationwide spokesman Elizabeth Stelzer says the insurer hasreceived a total of 256 homeowners claims thus far. In addition,there are a total of 18 farm claims, four commercial and 54 auto,she adds.

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, center, tours a tornado damaged homein Woodward, Okla.

American Family Insurance is also responding to the storms andhas thus far received about 375 claims from the weekend from ahalf-dozen affected states. Damages have been caused by a mix ofwind, wind-blown debris, and hail, says spokesman StephenWitmer.

“American Family's locally based claim adjusters are servingcustomers as quickly as possible,” he says. “At this time, itappears we will not need to bring in the extra service support ofour catastrophe teams, but American Family will continue to monitorthe claim volume and deploy extra resources if necessary.”

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Iowa army national guardsmen help the cleanup in Thurman onSunday.

Reports credit early warnings in limiting fatalities. On Fridaythe National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center issued an unusual “high-risk” warning a day inadvance for the central United States. The center said risk forsevere thunderstorms was highest for Oklahoma and Kansas.

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The Boeing Company facility in Wichita, Kan. is damaged. Thereported tornado that struck Wichita caused damage at McConnell AirForce Base and the Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing plants. SedgwickCounty, home to Wichita, declared a state of disaster and saidpreliminary estimates suggest damages could be as high as $283million.

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