Victims of the US tornadoes search through debris of homes in Holton, Indiana. Picture: AP Source: AP
Angel's life support was turned off 48 hours after she was found alive in the debris. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied
A TODDLER who was found barely alive amid the bodies of her parents and siblings after horrific tornadoes hit the United States has died after a 48-hour fight for life.
Angel Babcock was discovered in a field near her family's home in New Pekin, southern Indiana after Friday's horrific weather and was taken to hospital in neighbouring Kentucky where her condition was initially described as critical.
The 14-month-old girl, who becomes the 37th victim of the horrific weather that pummeled the country on Friday, had lost her parents, two-month old sister, and three-year-old brother in the storms.
Relatives from her extended family, however, chose to turn off the toddler's life support system on Sunday afternoon, Kentucky Coroner Bob Jones told CNN.
Angel's grandfather, Jack Brough, told MailOnline: "Angel has been reunited with her parents."
A few hours before her death, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said 12 people had been killed in the state, revising an earlier higher toll of 14.
"I think we were as ready as possible ... and the reaction afterward was the fastest we've ever done," Daniels told CBS television, commending the action taken to support those affected by the devastation.
"With all of that, when Mother Nature decides to work her wrath on we mere mortals you remember how inadequate the best of human action can be," he added.
Deaths from the tornadoes have been reported in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Alabama and Georgia.
Despite the horrendous damage caused by Friday's weather, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it had received no requests for assistance from the states hit by the deadly storms.
While tornado watches were discontinued, the National Weather Service (NWS) forecast a cold front moving through some affected regions.
Temperatures were expected to fall below freezing by Sunday night and a mix of rain and snow was to become all snow, the service warned, a development that could pose further problems for people left without homes.
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