WDAM7, a Mississippi television station, reported that Walthall County Sheriff Kyle Breland confirmed the three deaths and multiple injuries from possible tornadoes in the Pine Belt late Saturday afternoon. Tylertown is just north of the Louisiana state line.

The National Weather Service in St. Louis has confirmed three tornadoes hit the St. Louis area during Friday's storms, according to a Saturday X post.

TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving at least 39 people dead.

A new tornado watch was issued Sunday for parts of West Virginia, Ohio and PA. 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 moving east.