On Saturday at 8:26 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated tornado warning in effect until 9:15 p.m. for Clarke, Monroe and Washington counties.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, and Lawrence counties.

On Saturday at 7:47 p.m. a tornado watch was released by the National Weather Service in effect until Sunday at 3 a.m. for Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Pike, Randolph,

The watch, which had been anticipated, is in effect until 3 a.m. on Sunday and its issuance comes as a large area of deadly and dangerous weather moves across Alabama.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of metro New Orleans — specifically the River Parishes and the northshore — through 6 p.m. Saturday. The weather service said numerous strong tornadoes,

At least 12 fatalities have been reported in Missouri, according to the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. The deaths come as a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up deadly dust storms and fanned more than 100 wildfires.

At least 26 people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. People were killed in tornadoes in Missouri and in a Kansas dust storm.