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Wind damage began in western states on Sunday and Monday, and the system then shifted eastward and brought blizzard conditions and severe weather to the Plains, Midwest and Gulf Coast through Friday. Aon Benfield says the Storm Prediction Center recorded at least 744 storm reports – including 23 reports of tornadoes, 347 reports of hail and 374 reports of damaging winds during the week.

In the picture above, two men survey tornado damage at Botkinburg Foursquare Church in Botkinburg, Ark. on April 11.

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State Farm spokesman Gary Stephensen says the damage in Arkansas as of April 11 was “primarily in very rural areas, although a couple of small communities were hit by what was probably an F1 (not confirmed) tornado.”

He continues, “Thankfully, no population concentrations were impacted, although, certainly several families did suffer a severe impact.”

Aon Benfield reports that at least two tornadoes touched down in Arkansas, including an EF-1 tornado which destroyed a barn in Stone County. A second, and stronger, EF-2 tornado damaged or destroyed at least 41 homes in Van Buren County.

The most significant tornado was recorded in the greater St. Louis, Mo. metropolitan region, Aon Benfield says: an EF-2 twister with estimated winds of 115 to 125 mph.

In the photo above, two men work to remove a truck in Botkinburg, Ark. that was overturned during the storm. It is unclear whether a tornado or strong winds caused the damage.

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By Thursday, Aon Benfield says additional severe weather was recorded throughout the Southeast, with multiple tornadoes touching down in Louisiana and Mississippi. There was one tornado-related fatality in Kemper, Miss. Aon Benfield says baseball-sized hail fell near Rockmart, Georgia, while multiple reports of tree and building damage occurred from winds in Huntsville, Alabama. Gulfport, Mississippi also reported large trees downed due to high winds.

In the photo above, the Contract Fabricators Inc. facility in Kemper County near De Kalb, Miss. is severely damaged after a tornado ripped through the area on April 11. A man who was working at the site was killed.

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Reports indicated that thousands of insurance claims have already been filed across the West, Plains, Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic, says Aon Benfield, adding that while it is too early to project a specific loss figure, it is anticipated that insured losses will exceed the $100 million threshold.

In the photo above, residents in Shuqualak, Miss. clean up debris from homes hit by a tornado on April 11.

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Earlier in the week, the storm brought an odd mix of weather to states further west. Aon Benfield says that, in a rare occurrence, hail was falling in locations where it was also snowing in Nebraska. Thunderstorms producing freezing rain moved into eastern Wisconsin overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, coating trees and power lines in heavy ice, and numerous communities from La Crosse to Green Bay reported power outages and downed tree limbs.

In the picture above, books damaged by the storm are drying out on the floor of the Calvin T. Ryan Library on the University of Nebraska campus, in Kearney, Neb., on April 9. The library was closed for repairs and to allow the books to dry following damage from the large spring storm.

Below, flood waters surround a concession stand in Village Park on the Milwaukee River in Thiensville, Wis.

(AP Photo, Gretchen Ehlke)