Images uploaded to social media showed a massive tornado near Rowlett, as well as devastated houses and vehicles.

In May 2011, a massive tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, killing 161 people and damaging or destroying 7,500 homes.

The massive tornado, which hit the American state of Oklahoma on Monday, is thought to have caused nearly a billion dollars worth of damage.

The massive tornado that tore through the area on Monday wiped out blocks of houses, killed 24 people and injured about 240.

Residents remove their belongings from a residential area in Moore, Oklahoma May 21, 2013 after a massive tornado struck the area May 20.

The deadliest tornado year in decades was 2011 when 553 people were killed, including 161 by a massive tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri.

I say "back in Moore" because I covered the massive tornado that hit the same place in 1999 and again in 2003.