A massive storm is producing destructive tornadoes in the South, where a child was killed, and raging blizzards in the north

Tornado Warnings and Watches in Northern Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia on Friday During the Second Day of Strong Strong Winds

There were tornado watches and warnings in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee on Saturday, as the threat of storms persisted overnight.

In Carroll County, three people died in one home, coroner Mark Stiles told CNN, adding that it appears they were killed in a tornado. Additionally, two people were killed in Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi, coroner Alan Gurley said.

In Lamar County alone, 50 homes were damaged or destroyed as of Friday evening, the sheriff’s office said.

The Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch for more than 8 million people across southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee, western North and South Carolina and northern Georgia until 8 p.m. ET. In addition to Cartersville and Carrollton, the watch includes cities in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center showed there were 13 tornadoes formed in Texas, four in Arkansas and one in Oklahoma.

Tornado Damage in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Wise Countys of Wrightsville, Louisiana, According to PowerOutage.us

Several communities reported destruction, with roofs ripped off, homes splintered, debris strewn roads and cars flipper over. As ferocious winds downed power lines, more than 50,000 customers were left without power in across Louisiana and Mississippi Wednesday evening, according to PowerOutage.us. That number was down to less than 15,000 early Thursday.

The National Weather Service confirmed late Friday that a tornado moving 45 mph was detected over the city of Wrightsville in Pulaski County, Arkansas, just south of Little Rock.

According to the National Weather Service, the number of tornadoes recorded will likely increase Saturday, and the intensity of each one will not be known until damage surveys are conducted.

A sudden onset of cold weather amid unseasonably warm conditions had been forecast to create the biggest tornado threat the US has seen in more than five months.

In Texas, at least seven people were injured Tuesday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – including at least five hurt around the city of Grapevine. Police in Grapevine said a mall and other businesses were damaged by two tornado reports.

There were injuries and homes and businesses damaged in Wise County Tuesday morning. The wind overturned the vehicle and the other person in the vehicle was hurt when flying debris hit them.

A woman in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, was injured by a falling tree as she was trying to get to a storm shelter, Lewis Collins, a volunteer at the Choctaw Office of Emergency Management, told CNN. It’s unclear whether a tornado had occurred in that area.

He said that search & rescue teams and generators had been sent to the Idabel area. Storms hit Bryan, Choctaw, and Le Flore counties. Some areas have additional flash flooding.

The Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security wants residents to report storm damage online to make sure their response is coordinated.

At least 10 people have died in multiple states due to severe weather and a powerful storm system that brought golf ball-sized hail and tornados to the South continues to move towards the Northeast.

The boy and his mother were dead when the tornado devastated their home in the northwest Louisiana community ofKeithville, the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office said. The bodies of the mother and son were found far from where their house was once located.

At least 23 people were killed, dozens injured and four missing after powerful storms and tornados swept through Mississippi on Friday night, ripping roofs off homes and knocking out power for thousands.

“It’s the worst damage I’ve seen in 17 years,” Nolan told CNN, describing seeing mobile homes lifted from their axles and frames and in some cases carried a quarter of a mile away.

Three tornadoes and three power lines destroyed in Wise County, South Carolina, triggered by an EF2 tornado on Decatur

Nolan said several people were injured while travelling in cars and that first responders were still searching for them.

Meanwhile, nearly 10 million people – largely in the north-central US – are under winter weather warnings or advisories, with blowing snow and power outages a key concern. More than 6 million people will be under winter storm watches on Wednesday.

The storm center said a line of storms willspread east-northeastern from middle Tennessee and northwest Alabama with damaging winds and embedded tornadoes.

Travel is dangerous over the Upper Midwest on Wednesday due to snow, rain and freezing rain, which is expected to fall across the Plains.

Video shows downed power lines and homes destroyed in Decatur and Blue Ridge, Texas, as well as Wayne, Oklahoma, when the storm brought severe weather.

An EF2 tornado struck Wise County near the communities of Paradise and Decatur, damaging homes and businesses, officials said. The video shows homes torn apart in Decatur.

“We were in the kitchen closet,” Stringfellow said. My boyfriend got up to look outside of the window and saw the tornado, the whole house was shaking, I saw it. My house went dark when my roof caved in.

Instability of a St. Charles Parish house in St. Bernard Parish, Fla., after a tornado hit on Tuesday night

The Storm Prediction Center states that the Northern and Central High Plains are likely to see winds gusting to more than 60 mph and up to 1-2 inches of snow per hour.

The “one-in-five-year storm” worked its way through parts of Nebraska Tuesday and is expected to linger in the area through the end of the week, NWS metrologist Bill Taylor said.

On Wednesday schools in the Rapid City area will stay closed because of the snow conditions, the school district said on Facebook.

The wintry weather conditions caused a closure of both east and westbound lanes of Interstate 90 from Rapid City to the Wyoming state line on Tuesday, state transportation officials said.

A 56-year-old woman from St. Charles Parish died when a tornado struck her home, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.

For Thursday, the storms are expected to weaken slightly, but there is a risk for severe weather for much of Florida, coastal Georgia and coastal Carolinas. Cities like Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston could see damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes, Shackelford said.

“All of a sudden that wind was so heavy, it broke my back door,” Andrews said. The lights went off and all of a sudden there was glass all over the place.

She said she and her daughter hit the floor as water dripped from the roof into the hallway. They took shelter in their bathroom.

We hugged each other as we got in the tub. We just kept calling on Jesus, and we kept praying. Her family survived the storm but were left with damage to their home.

Many buildings and houses in the city were leveled by the storm, according to Walker. Some structures are not damaged as badly as others.

In Arabi, a tornado left much of the area without power, officials in St. Bernard Parish said.

Crews in Arabi will be conducting search and rescue efforts throughout the night, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann said. Ten people have been rescued due to severe weather, but no serious injuries or deaths have been reported, Pohlmann added.

The Los Alamos-Brazil Tornado that Came Through the Southport Subdivision of New Iberia, Calif.

While driving home after dropping off her son at school, Cindy thought she could beat the storm. But on the journey, she found herself facing a tornado.

“We started seeing debris and we got hit a couple of times by it and that’s when I put the car in reverse,” she said. It was safe at home with Hernandez and her son.

The video that he shared online described the scene, which included power lines down, homes damaged and rooftops ripped off. There is an extensive damage scene and a path of destruction on the west bank.

A significant amount of damage was done to the medical center. Leland Laseter said on Facebook. CNN has sought comment from the medical center.

The New Iberia Police Department reported on Facebook that two tornadoes touched down in the city, with several homes damaged and reports of people trapped in the Southport Subdivision.

The storm spurred wind gusts strong enough to topple tractor-trailer trucks, leaving more than 1 million people without power and threatening to bring more torrential rain, tornadoes and heavy snow.

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency in 13 counties this week, including hard-hit San Bernardino County where the National Guard arrived Thursday to assist with rescues of snowbound residents and shovel snow off the roads and from rooftops.

A Fourth Death in Kentucky Associated with a Falling Tree on a Vehicular Surface: A Weather-related Annihilation and the Loss of a Woman

Among those killed due to weather were at least three Kentuckians, Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed Friday afternoon. A fourth death in Kentucky was reported in Lexington after a tree fell onto a vehicle, killing a 41-year-old woman, the Fayette County coroner’s office tells CNN – one of at least four deaths in the US related to fallen trees.

From southern Indiana through Kentucky and Tennessee and into northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia, there were tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds that could be seen. The risk of severe storms has been heightened in some parts of the region.

There is a slight risk of excessive rain in Oklahoma, where 25 million people are under flood watches. The strongest storms could rain an inch of rain per hour.

Power was restored to medical facilities west of Fort Worth in Weatherford, Texas, where more than half the city was initially without power and many homes, businesses and the city hall were damaged, said city spokesman Blake Rexroat.

After a brief respite from back-to-back winter storms that brought cold temperatures and caused rare blizzard warnings in parts of the state, northern California is expecting another round of snow on Saturday.

But many communities blanketed by the last round of snow have yet to recover as snowfall blocked critical roads, trapped them in their homes and damaged vital businesses such as grocery stores.

According to the Placer County sheriff’s office, an elderly woman named Lois Barton died in a weather-related incident. She did not share the circumstances of the death, though where the incident occurred saw heavy snow and temperatures around freezing on Tuesday, CNN meteorologists said.

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CNN: The San Bernardino County Fire Department is Searching for Survivors of a Typhoon-Road-Scale Structure Fire

A number of structure fires in San Bernardino County appear to be storm-related, the county fire department told CNN. The department doesn’t give an exact number of fires, but said they are atypical.

Fire Chief Dan Munsey stated that there are gas leaks believed to be to blame for several mountain community house fires. Many of them are in locations with unpassable roads. Firefighters are responding to homes using snowcats and often drudging in by foot with shovels and hoses and digging hydrants out of the snow to extinguish flames, Munsey said.

In San Bernardino’s Crestline community, there is no shortage of snow, but residents have become concerned that they won’t be able to get supplies because their grocery store has closed after the roof caved in.

Rescuers are supplied with meals-ready-to-eat to distribute with those unable to get food, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said in a press conference on Friday. A convoy of food and groceries will be escorted up a mountain by first responders who will set up distribution points.

Nearly 100 inches of snow have fallen on Crestline and nearby Lake Arrowhead in recent days. Aerial footage from CNN affiliate KCAL shows neighborhoods with indiscernible streets and homes with snow piled to second-story windows.

The only way to get around is by shoveling walkways for emergency exits, Solo said. Everyone has been shoveling, and it will snow another two feet.

“We have numerous local and state search and rescue teams that continue to work this morning. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said there are a number of assets on the ground.

The loss will have a huge impact on these towns. Please pray for God’s hand to be over all who lost family and friends,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves tweeted.

The search for survivors started after a confirmed tornado tore through the towns of Silver City and Rolling Fork.

Rolling Fork, Mississippi, a town of fewer than 2,000 residents who live under the constant threat of flooding, was claimed by the Blues singer Muddy Waters as his hometown.

Multiple deaths and injuries in the evacuation of southern Rolling Fork, Pennsylvania, according to the Alameda-Lasinio-Cruz

“We’re going to come back strong. Houses that are torn up can be replaced,” said Walker, who urged residents to stay in place as rescue teams continue to canvas the area.

At least 13 people have died in Sharkey County, where Rolling Fork is located, the Associated Press reported. ABC News reported that five more people had been killed in northeast Rolling Fork and Monroe County.

The director of emergency management in Humphreys County told CNN early Saturday morning that at least three people were dead and two were in critical condition.

Showah said that her grandmother is safe despite the roof damage and the air conditioners being ripped out. Most of the trees in her grandmother’s yard have been downed, including one that her grandfather planted 50 years ago.

“My friend was trapped in her home a few houses down, but we got her out,” Showah said, adding that there are still people who live next to her grandmother trapped in their homes. The power is out in her grandmother’s area.

Downed trees litter the roads and are blocking the roads. Video from the scene show that homes and buildings were nearly leveled with household appliances, furniture and clothes lying where the walls and roofs of homes once stood.

The Mississippi Department of Emergency Services said it had confirmed a tornado at least 24 hours after it was notified by the National Weather Service (NWS)

The tornado was confirmed near the community of Coila, as well as Rolling Fork, Silver City and nearby Anguilla, which was issued a tornado emergency by the National Weather Service.

There have been at least 11 tornado reports in Mississippi and Alabama over the past 24 hours according to the Storm Prediction Center. These reports include the storm that impacted Rolling Fork, Silver City and Winona in Mississippi.

The state of Mississippi has responded to the desolation in the state with additional ambulances and emergency resources for those affected by the deadly storms, the governor said late Friday.

Severe storms, like tornadoes, at night are more likely to be dangerous than other times of the day because people are less likely to be notified in time.

First responders rescued seven people who were trapped at a group home as trees and power lines collapsed on homes, the sheriff’s office said. The agency also responded to an overturned trailer and an overturned camper with persons trapped inside.

The twister traveled northeast, upending neighboring towns in Silver City, Black Hawk and Winona. The severe weather also produced golf ball-size hail.