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Four people are dead like a storm system That has produced multiple tornadoes continues to devastate the South.
Two deaths were reported in Natchez and Lowndes County, Mississippi, while one death was reported in Brazoria County, Texas. A fourth death was reported in Iredell County, North Carolina, after a tree fell on a vehicle and killed a man on Landis Highway Sunday morning.
Saturday’s storms spawned 36 preliminary tornadoes in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. causing structural damage.
Videos on social media show downed trees in Bayou Chicot, Louisiana, and downed power lines and structural damage to homes in Conroe, Texas.
On Sunday, the same storm system moved its way east and was left behind 20 million people from the eastern Gulf Coast to the Carolinas are at risk of extreme weather.
Damage from a storm that came through the night before can be seen in downtown Athens, Ala., on Sunday.Lance George/AP
Heavy rain, damaging winds, hail and severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes are likely in an area stretching from Florida to southern Virginia. Jacksonville, FL; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; and Atlanta are among the cities in the risk zone.
Tornado watches are in effect from North Carolina to Northern Florida until 3:00 PM ET, including in the cities of Jacksonville; Savannah, Georgia; and Charleston, South Carolina.
A severe thunderstorm warning was also issued for parts of central North Carolina and eastern South Carolina, including Raleigh, Wilmington and Myrtle Beach, until 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, according to the weather service’s Storm Prediction Center.
“A fast-moving line of showers and isolated thunderstorms will produce gusty winds and occasionally damaging winds in the early afternoon,” the storm forecast center said in an advisory Sunday morning. “An isolated tornado or two is also possible.”
Storms that form through Sunday afternoon could produce wind gusts of 75 miles per hour and small hail. The severe risk will begin to diminish Sunday evening as the strongest storms move toward the coast.
A video on social media shows hail falling rapidly in Tallahassee, Florida.
Nearly 117,000 utilities in the South are without power as of 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, including more than 51,000 in Mississippi, 22,600 in North Carolina, 14,900 in Texas, 14,600 in Georgia and 13,000 in Florida, according to Power outage.USA.
More than 5,800 flights within, to or from the US have been delayed and 357 have been canceled as of Sunday afternoon, according to FlightAware.com. The southern airports hardest hit are George Bush Intercontinental Airport, with 252 flights delayed and 98 canceled; Charlotte Douglas International Airport, with 688 delayed and 34 canceled flights; and Miami International Airport, with 288 delays and 28 cancellations.