A DEADLY string of severe storms hit the US this week, killing three people as the dangerous weather worked its way across the South.
Dozens of tornadoes touched down in several states during the second day of severe weather on Tuesday, with video capturing the moment a tornado reportedly blasted through Mississippi.
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The video from the Mississippi Department of Transportation shows what appears to be a tornado making its way through Newton, Mississippi.
The footage shows strong winds and heavy rain ripping through a parking lot in the town.
According to the National Weather Service, four EF-1 tornadoes touched down in the Newton area on Tuesday.
Tornadoes and severe storms also wreaked havoc in Louisiana and Georgia on Tuesday, after ripping through Texas and Oklahoma on Monday.
There were also reports of damage as far north as Kentuck and as far south as Palm Beach County, Florida.
The first death came on Monday when a man was killed in the east Texas town of Whitehouse.
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Whitehouse Mayor James Wansley identified the man as 71-year-old W. M. Soloman, who was killed by a tree that fell on his house.
“We lost a neighbor, we lost a friend, we lost a citizen of Whitehouse and we’re in mourning over that loss,” Wansley said during a press conference, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph.
Two more deaths came on Tuesday.
In Louisiana, 65-year-old Gene Latin was killed by a tree that was knocked over onto a highway.
And in Georgia, a woman died inside her mobile home as it was ravaged by the storms.
In the wake of the devastating weather, Georgia declared a state of emergency on Wednesday morning.
Storm cleanup efforts in parts of the state, however, were put on hold Wednesday afternoon as officials there braced for more storms, The Weather Channel reported.
Parts of eastern North Carolina, Virginia, and central Florida are expected to get hit with storms on Thursday, according to USA Today.
The severe weather system is forecasted to wrap up by Friday.
According to the Storm Prediction Center’s latest forecast, a cold front will move across the Midwest on Friday with possible rain showers, but no severe storms are expected.
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