Nine of the 12 fatalities reported during last week's severe weather outbreak occurred in Wayne and Ozark counties.

At least 14 people were dead and dozens injured after violent tornadoes swept across the central United States, officials said Saturday.

A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days is winding down Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities across states hit with violent tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms spun off by the massive system.

A deadly tornado outbreak ripped through the Midwest and South over the weekend, leaving destruction, power outages and tragic loss in its wake.

At least 26 people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. People were killed in tornadoes in Missouri and in a Kansas dust storm.