Parts of Mississippi could face tornadoes with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour along with hail over 2 inches wide on Saturday.

At least 36 people have reportedly been killed due to storms since tornado warnings were issued on March 14 A violent and severe storm outbreak in the United States has now killed at least 36 people in the South and Midwest,

At least 36 people are dead after an intense storm system with violent winds and tornadoes swept across the Midwest and southern U.S. this weekend.

Residents are surveying damage from unusually vicious weather in multiple U.S. states where violent twisters, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires decimated entire neighborhoods.

The dynamic storm from Friday through Sunday had earned an unusual “high risk” designation from weather forecasters.

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.

A tornado moved through Mississippi Saturday claiming the live of six people and injuring 29 others. According to Mississippi Govenor Tate Reeves, one death was reported in Covington County, two in Jeff Davis County and three in Walthall County.

By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -At least 10 people were killed in Missouri as a series of tornadoes hit the U.S. Midwest and Southeast overnight, raking a path of destruction that was still being assessed early on Saturday,