Four words that don't belong together? Snow. On. Mother's. Day.
Severe weather struck across much of the Midwest and Western United States over the weekend, with tornadoes touching down in parts of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraksa and flooding impacting communities from the central Plains to the Great Lakes.
And, oddly enough, the storms brough heavy spring snow to parks of the Rockies on Mother's Day.
Tornadoes damaged as many as 300 homes outside of Kansas City, and part of Nebraska were hard hit, but no deaths or injuries have so far been reported as a result of the storms.
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Commuters pass fresh snow from the fringe of a major spring snowstorm in the nearby mountains, in Superior, Colo., on Monday, May 12, 2014. A spring storm has brought up to 3 feet of snow to the Rockies and severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Midwest. In Colorado, the snow that began falling on Mother's Day caused some power outages as it weighed down newly greening trees. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
High school students walk past fresh snow from the fringe of a major spring snowstorm in the nearby mountains, in Boulder, Colo.
A semi-trailer belonging to Todd Ricenbaw is blown on top of another one, in Cordova, Neb., Monday, May 12, 2014, after a tornado blew through the area the previous day. Several tornadoes moved across Nebraska on Sunday evening, causing damage to homes and businesses in or near Sutton, Garland, Cordova and Daykin. The storms also left more than 18,000 utility customers without electricity. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Adam Pankoke, left, and Nick Streit, clear fallen trees in Beaver Crossing, Neb.
An unidentified person walks a dog amidst tornado rubble in Beaver Crossing, Neb.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, accompanied by Clay County EMA official Loren Uden, right, surveys damage to downtown Sutton, Neb., Monday, May 12, 2014, after a tornado touched down in town on Sunday.
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