Meanwhile, dust storms spurred by high winds claimed almost a dozen lives on Friday. Eight people died in a Kansas highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles, according to the state highway patrol. Authorities said three people also were killed in car crashes during a dust storm in Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle.

The wife of a man who was killed was miraculously not injured and another woman was found dead early Sunday morning.

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

Damage reports are pouring in as a dangerous storm system moves into Alabama from the west. The National Weather Service surveyed a round of severe storms and tornadoes in west Alabama on Saturday afternoon.

Severe weather hit Arkansas Friday night causing damage across the state. THV11 viewers sent in their photos of the damage.