Tornadoes in South kill at least 54 people
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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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At least 33 people died as 130mph winds and lashing rain swept across Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.
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LOUISVILLE, Sept. 23 -- High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, leaving at least eight people dead, stranding people in cars, forcing others from their homes and leaving thousands without power.
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Death toll of 50 is highest for 20 years as debris hampers rescue in eight southern states
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Communities across the  U.S. South grieved for the dead and tried to pick up their  lives on Thursday after the deadliest round of tornadoes in  nearly a quarter century killed 57 people.
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Tornadoes plowed across the South from Texas to Alabama, killing four people, wrecking homes and businesses in rural areas and the New Orleans suburbs, and turning trees to kindling.
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After the deadliest wave of tornadoes to hit the South in more than two decades, dazed authorities and residents are wondering what could be done differently next time.
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State-by-state look at deaths and damage caused by the string of tornadoes that tore across the South and the Midwest:
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Tornadoes ripped across the Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday, killing at least 14 people including eight in the southern Alabama town of Enterprise, emergency management officials said.
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Tornadoes that roared through parts of Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee killed at least 27 people and injured nearly 100 more Tuesday night, authorities said.
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PAISLEY, Fla. _ At least 14 people died, many others were injured, hundreds lost homes and thousands remained traumatized as a vicious swarm of thunderstorms and predawn tornadoes ripped through central and northeast Florida Friday.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Communities across the U.S. South grieved for the dead and tried to pick up their lives on Thursday after the deadliest round of tornadoes in nearly a quarter century killed 57 people.
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Powerful storms raked Arkansas, spawning a tornado with winds over 158 mph that killed two people and was a factor in a fatal small plane crash, authorities said Thursday.
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Severe weather howled through much of the nation Sunday, producing damaging tornadoes in the South that injured nearly 30 people and treating winter-weary parts of the Midwest to freezing rain, snow and flooding.
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Severe weather, including a possible tornado, damaged about 50 homes, shearing the entire second story off one home, authorities said Friday.
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Severe thunderstorms and at  least one tornado killed 19 people on Friday when they ripped  through Florida in the dead of night, tearing homes to shreds,  toppling heavy trucks and leaving a trail of rubble.
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PAISLEY, Fla. _ At least 19 people died, many others were injured, hundreds lost homes and thousands remained traumatized as a vicious swarm of thunderstorms and predawn tornadoes ripped through Central and Northeast Florida Friday.