Strong storms killed at least five people in Texas and Louisiana and left severe damage across parts of both states Wednesday and Thursday -- including at Louisiana Tech University and its host city of Ruston, where the mayor says a tornado struck overnight.
Another round of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail is expected to start Wednesday, posing a severe risk from the Texas Panhandle to the coast of the Carolinas.
A massive storm system killed eight people in the South over the weekend and caused damage from Texas to Mississippi.
The worst may be over for Alabama -- but much of the state will be drenched this weekend in another round of severe weather.
All of the people initially reported as missing after a string of deadly tornadoes tore through Alabama have now been accounted for, Lee Smith, the spokeswoman for the Lee County Emergency Management Agency, confirmed to CNN Wednesday.
Crews are narrowing down the search areas for people still missing after a string of tornadoes swept through southeastern Alabama over the weekend.
Jessica Chandler and her four children weren't home when a tornado tore through their Alabama neighborhood on Sunday and destroyed their house.
In recent years, scientists have noticed an increased frequency of tornadoes in the Southeast, carving a deadly path in what's called Dixie Alley.
East Alabama residents rallied around each other amid the destruction spawned by the deadliest US tornado since 2013.
A devastating series of tornadoes ripped through Alabama on Sunday, killing at least 23 people in one county.
