Storms sweep southern U.S. Midwest
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Severe storms crossing the   south-central United States late on Friday and early on   Saturday produced heavy rains and flooding and caused at least   five deaths, local officials said.
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A string of deadly tornadoes have struck the southern United States, with reports Friday of at least 16 dead, including five children killed when the roof of their school collapsed.
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The violent storms that claimed lives in the Midwest and Southeast are part of an annual pummeling that sees an average of 1,000 tornadoes hit the United States. So far this year, there have been more than 150 twister reports.
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Showers and thunderstorms brought much-needed rain to parts of the Southeast on Monday. The lower Mississippi Valley, in particular, got strong to severe storms.
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Tornadoes and  thunderstorms flattened the land and shattered lives across the  U.S. South on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 54 people  and injuring more than 150 in the deadliest such storms in nine  years.
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Tornadoes and other severe weather raked the Deep South on Tuesday, pushing Mississippi River ships around like toys, damaging homes and killing at least one person.
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A cold front that brought severe weather and flooding and severe weather to the Midwest over the past week moved east on Sunday, with rain falling in the coastal states and thunderstorms lingering in the southern Appalachians.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Tornadoes and thunderstorms flattened the land and shattered lives across the U.S. South on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than 150 in the deadliest such storms in nine years.
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Storms battered the western United  States on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and a blanket  of snow that caused widespread power outages, a levee break in  Nevada and two deaths in California.
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High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, killing five people and stranding others in trees and shelters while forecasters warned Saturday that the stormy weather was expected to continue.
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The remnants of Hurricane Ivan swept up the East Coast on Saturday after pounding the Gulf Coast in Florida and Alabama and spawning tornadoes and flooding across the Southeastern United States.
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Storms that roared through the Northwest and Rockies &#151; crippling traffic and helping break a Seattle precipitation record &#151; blew through the southern Plains and Midwest, bringing the first significant ice and snow of the season.
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A winter storm battered states from the Plains through the Midwest on Wednesday, sending travelers slipping and sliding over icy roads, dumping a foot of snow over some areas and pushing temperatures to bitter-cold levels.
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Authorities were searching for victims after a wide swath of thunderstorms packing tornadoes, high winds and hail swept through the South.
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A powerful storm battered Southern California on Tuesday with wind up to 60 mph and a threat of up to a foot of rain, causing power outages and highway-blocking mudslides.
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Severe storms swept through the South on Tuesday, producing hail and damaging winds from Louisiana to Florida and spawning a possible tornado near Kennedy Space Center.
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At least 18 people are killed and many more injured in severe storms across the southern US.