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Over a dozen tornadoes touched down across a 900-mile-long path as severe storms swept across the country from Kansas to North Carolina overnight.
According to Fox Weather, Wednesday (May 8) night was the second-most active severe weather day of the year, with nearly 400 reports of damage from high winds, hail, and tornadoes.
The storms left at least three people dead in Tennessee and North Carolina.
In Maury County, Tennessee, a woman was killed after a tornado lifted her home off its foundation. Her body was found in a nearby wooded area.
Another person died in Tennessee after a tree fell on their car. In Gaston County, North Carolina, one person was killed, and another was injured when a tree fell on top of their vehicle.
The severe storms are now moving across the Southern Plains and Southeast, threatening more destructive weather on Thursday and Friday.
"The potential hazards associated with these thunderstorms are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a few tornadoes. There will be the added threat of severe thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 knots or greater over parts of the Southern Plains to the Southeast. Moreover, there will be an additional threat of hail two inches or greater over parts of the Southern Plains," the National Weather Service said.