A "dynamic" weather system sparked a "historic" tornado outbreak across the U.S. and has already left 16 people dead.

Large and destructive tornadoes are carving paths of destruction across the South for the second day in a row.

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.

At least 18 people are dead after severe weather hit parts of Missouri, Texas and Arkansas overnight, officials said. Eleven storm-related fatalities were reported in the Missouri counties of Ozark, Butler,