Four killed amid storms that swept across the South, producing multiple tornadoes

Four people are dead as a storm system that has produced multiple tornadoes wreaked havoc on the South.

Four people are dead as a storm system that has produced multiple tornadoes wreaked havoc on the South.

In Mississippi, Tykeria Rogers, 18, was killed in Adams County when a tree fell on her home, according to Adams County Emergency Management. Another death was reported in Lowndes County.

One death was reported in Brazoria County, Texas. A fourth was reported in Iredell County, North Carolina, after a tree fell on a vehicle, killing a man on Landis Highway on Sunday morning.

Saturday’s storms produced more than two dozen preliminary and confirmed tornadoes across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, leaving structural damage in their wake.

On Sunday evening, the National Weather Service issued preliminary strength estimates for multiple tornadoes that struck Texas on Saturday. They included a severe vortex in the Porter Heights area of Montgomery County estimated to have reached EF3 on a strength scale of 0-5, with EF5 being the most potent, the weather service said in a statement.

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/20-million-risk-storms-continue-threaten-south-rcna185683

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