About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, Wisconsin, to Birmingham, Alabama.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center warned of "near historic" fire conditions in the Plains.

A massive storm system is tearing across the country, bringing tornadoes, powerful winds, and deadly dust storms that triggered a 38-car pileup in Texas.

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, with at least two people killed

Numerous significant tornadoes are expected Saturday afternoon and evening, with the highest risk across several states in the Deep South, forecasters say.