A Kansas highway pileup involving over 70 vehicles claimed at least eight lives, according to the state highway patrol. The severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley,

TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires this weekend, leaving at least 37 people dead.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moveing east.