A Kansas highway pileup involving over 70 vehicles claimed at least eight lives, according to the state highway patrol. The severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley,

Severe weather outbreak kills at least a dozen people as storms, tornadoes moved across the Midwest and South.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moving east.

The threat of tornadoes in parts of the U.S. proved deadly as whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, causing at least 20 fatalities in four states, injuries and widespread damage.

Thousands of power outages were reported Saturday as a deadly severe weather outbreak moved across the Midwest and South.