A pileup of 71 cars in Kansas claimed at least three lives, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley,

A severe weather outbreak has brought violent, long-track tornadoes to parts of the South, with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail.

At least 34 people are dead after severe weather hit parts of Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi overnight, officials said.