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Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest?</s>Watch: A look back at three powerful Jersey Shore nor'easters and the damage they caused.

New Jersey is under a Hazardous Weather Outlook as severe thunderstorms head into the Mid-Atlantic region.

Deadly storms that spurred tornadoes and killed at least three people across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are heading east and bringing along powerful wind gusts and downpours.

High winds will raise the risk of downed trees and power outages through Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The storms could also spur some isolated tornadoes, according to the weather service.

Heavy rain could also lead to flash flooding, urban and small stream flooding, and a wet commute Monday morning, according to the weather service. The heaviest amounts are expected to fall in northern New Jersey.

"Severe weather at night is particularly dangerous," read a notice from the weather service posted to Twitter. "Be aware that the threat will peak late at night while most people are asleep and when severe weather is typically less common."

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This is a developing story. Stay tuned for updates.</s>Powerful Storms That Spawned Tornadoes Rip Across The South

Severe weather moves across the southern U.S. A possible tornado touched down in Troy, Ala., but officials there believe the state's experience with past storms may have kept citizens safe.</s>
• At least three children have been killed from the tornadoes and severe weather in the South.
• At least 18 tornadoes have been reported across the US South.
• All told, at least six people are dead and dozens have been injured.

Tornados have ripped through the US South, killing at least three children, according to Reuters.

Two of the deaths occurred in Texas while a third happened in Louisiana.

At least 18 tornadoes have been reported over the weekend across the US South, from Texas to Georgia. Storms are scheduled to move up along the East Coast, impacting over 100 million people. Reuters also reported almost 6,000 flights have been cancelled or delayed, with Chicago and Charlotte being the airports most impacted.

Here are some photos of the devastation left behind by the tornadoes thus far:

Tornadoes and severe weather have impacted people in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Georgia.

Two siblings, ages 3 and 8, were killed when a tree fell on their car.

A 13-year-old boy drowned after falling into a drainage ditch that was full of flash floodwaters in Louisiana.

All told, at least six people have died from the severe weather and dozens have been injured.</s>A strong storm system moving in from the southwest will bring a risk of severe storms to the Tennessee Valley Saturday night through early Sunday Morning.

The Storm Prediction Center outlines a region of severe weather potential for both Saturday and Sunday over the South; a Moderate Risk west of Alabama marks the location of the most intense, most widespread storms Saturday. Those storms likely congeal into a line and move into western Alabama around 11 PM Saturday and then cross North Alabama and Southern Tennessee through roughly 7-9 AM Sunday. Strong wind gusts, tornadoes and hail are possible in these storms.

Behind the storms, Sunday afternoon looks mostly dry, but a few isolated showers or thunderstorms may develop as cooler, drier air begins moving into the region.

Weekend storm threat: First things first: don’t get bogged down in the levels of risk in the Storm Prediction Center’s outlooks. The bottom line is that you need to know there’s a risk of severe weather including very strong winds, tornadoes and hail overnight Saturday into Sunday morning.

The outlooks will change; that’s okay. As long as you know that you need to be alert and roughly what time some nasty storms are possible, you have everything you need knowledge-wise.

An outbreak of powerful thunderstorms develops by early afternoon from East Texas to Arkansas and Louisiana. Those storms could produce violent tornadoes, very large hail, and wind gusts over 70 MPH in that area. By the time they move east of the Mississippi River around 7-8 PM, we have a long line of storms from West Tennessee to the Gulf Coast advancing toward Alabama. The storms here will not be as intense as they are farther west; however, there is still a substantial risk of severe weather: wind, tornadoes and hail in Alabama and Southern Tennessee through Sunday morning.

What time will this happen? The severe weather threat for North Alabama and Southern Tennessee comes from about 11 PM Saturday to about 9 AM Sunday.

What should you do with this information? Use this time to prepare. Be sure you have Live Alert 19 AND a NOAA Weather Radio programmed and ready to go (batteries in the weather radio!).

Total rainfall through the weekend comes in around 1” to 2” in all. Another wave of storms in the Wednesday-Thursday time frame next week could add another 1” to 2” for a grand total of 3”+ in several communities in the next seven days.</s>A very dangerous weekend lies ahead for much of the South -- with especially severe storms expected in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi on Saturday.

The new storm organized Saturday morning and was moving across Texas. In addition to a widespread severe weather outbreak from Texas to parts of the eastern U.S., this storm will likely bring an outbreak of tornadoes across parts of the southern U.S. on Saturday.

The severe weather outbreak already began Saturday morning in parts of the South with reports of large hail in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

A tornado watch was issued for extreme southwest Texas until 9 a.m. local time Saturday morning. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for parts of western Texas through 9 a.m. Flood alerts are also being issued for parts of the southern U.S. due to torrential rainfall.

Radar is showing quite a bit of storm activity developing Saturday morning from Texas to Alabama, with the most intense storms in western Texas and near the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas region.

Severe storms will develop later Saturday in eastern Texas, Louisiana and western Mississippi that will likely tap into strong wind shear and develop dangerous supercells in the afternoon hours. The High Resolution Rapid Refresh model is showing numerous discrete supercells developing during this time frame and the potential for strong tornadoes. The intense thunderstorms will move across this region beginning in the afternoon and last into the evening hours.

There is a moderate risk for severe weather from Lufkin, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi, including much of northern Louisiana. In the moderate risk region, dangerous, long-track tornadoes are possible. Additionally, destructive straight-line winds and very large hail are possible from eastern Texas to western Alabama.

Intense thunderstorms will continue through the overnight hours in parts of this region. There is a possibility of ongoing severe weather early Sunday morning, with night-time tornadoes and destructive winds.

On Sunday morning, storms will congeal into a line that will likely stretch from the Florida Panhandle to Ohio. The main threat will be straight-line, damaging winds. However, embedded tornadoes could develop in the line of thunderstorms.

The line of storms will impact the Appalachian Mountains on Sunday evening as they begin to lose their severe potential. Nonetheless, numerous severe thunderstorms, with damaging winds, large hail and a couple of tornadoes, are possible as the storms move through the region.

There is an enhanced risk for severe weather on Sunday from Georgia to Ohio, including Atlanta; Charlotte; and Charleston, West Virginia. Damaging winds, a few tornadoes and large hail are possible in the risk region.

In addition to the severe weather threat, storms will bring torrential rainfall over parts of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. Rainfall over 4 inches is possible in that region, which makes flash flooding a concern with the ongoing storms this weekend.</s>Three children and woman killed in storms in southern US

Three children and woman killed in storms in southern US

Several people have been killed in storms in the southern US

At least four people have reportedly been killed, including three children, in powerful storms that hit the southern United States, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall.

A three-year-old and an eight-year-old died after a tree fell onto the back of their family car in Lufkin, Texas, NBC News said. Their parents who were in the front were uninjured,

In West Monroe, Louisiana, a 13-year-old boy drowned in a drainage canal in what officials believe was a weather-related incident, the report said.

Streets had been closed in the city and a flood warning was issued for the area.

A fourth person who died in the storms was a woman killed by weather-related debris near Weches in Houston County, Texas.

In Franklin, Texas, a tornado with winds up to 140mph overturned mobile homes and damaged other properties, injuring about a dozen people.

NBC quoted Robertson County emergency management coordinator Billy Huggins as saying: "A strip of homes on the other side of town over here are completely gone, just gone, everything is gone."

He added: "To this small town of Franklin, it's very devastating. How we're going to get people help to restore their homes that don't have insurance or what have you, it's going to be pretty difficult.

"It's going to be a little difficult putting it back together, but we'll do it."

There was also a suspected tornado in Alto, Texas, which injured several people.

The storms were part of a large system that was moving through the southern US, knocking out power to thousands of homes and causing some flash flooding.

The US weather service said the system was expected to shift to the Ohio Valley and the southeast US on Sunday.

More than 140,000 customers remained without power in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas late on Saturday.</s>First Alert Weather Day: Sunday remains a First Alert Weather Day for the potential to see damaging winds, tornadoes, and large hail. The risk for severe storms is around a threat level of a 3 out of 5. It means we expect severe storms to form and it could be scattered across our area. A higher risk for severe storms will remain to our west in Louisiana and Mississippi. The main timeline for severe storms to move into Central Alabama will be after midnight and continuing into East Alabama during the mid-late morning hours of Sunday. Since the storms are moving in during the overnight hours, we urge EVERYONE to have multiple ways to receive critical weather information. Make sure you have a NOAA Weather Radio that can wake you up in case a warning is issued. You should also download our WBRC First Alert Weather App for notifications.</s>The National Weather Service says more than a dozen tornadoes have been confirmed in the South after a weekend of violent weather that left at least eight people dead.

The agency says a survey team found evidence of an EF-3 twister with winds of at least 136 mph near Weches, Texas, and two other smaller tornadoes touched down in the same region Saturday. Another EF-3 twister flattened part of Franklin, Texas.

The system moved eastward into Mississippi, where the weather service says teams have confirmed eight tornadoes. And at least three weak tornadoes struck Alabama on Sunday.

The weather says the numbers could go up because teams are still assessing damage.

Four people were killed in Texas. The other victims died in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Meanwhile, much of the eastern Great Lakes and mid-Atlantic woke up Monday to damaged buildings, closed schools, and dark homes and businesses after powerful storms that spawned at least one confirmed tornado.</s>Washington: Powerful storms have swept across the south of the United States after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town. Three children were among the dead.

Nearly 90,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Georgia as of midday Sunday, according to www.poweroutage.us as the severe weather left a trail of destruction.

Two children were killed on a back road in East Texas when a pine tree fell onto the car near Pollok, southeast of Dallas.

The tree "flattened the car like a pancake," said Captain Alton Lenderman of the Angelina County Sheriff's Office. The children, ages 8 and 3, were dead at the scene, while both parents, who were in the front seat, escaped injury, he said.
At least eight people are killed in the Southern United States amid severe storms bringing floods and tornadoes.