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A powerful storm system has killed at least four people across the Midwest, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.

Residents walk amid downed power lines in their neighborhood in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Mark Schiefelbein / AP

The storm is expected to progress through the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians through Wednesday evening.

Furniture and walls are what is left of a home the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)Orlin Wagner / AP

Three deaths occurred in Harrisburg, Ill., after the storm destroyed a few dozen homes, according to a local TV station. A hospital official later confirmed the deaths.

Residents gather the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)Orlin Wagner / AP

The fourth death and an additional 13 people were injured at a mobile home park in rural southwest Missouri.

Sherry Cousins and her brother Bruce Wallace of Hollister, Mo., sit in the wreckage of their secondhand store in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Mark Schiefelbein / AP