Live updates: 36 dead as severe storms head east

34 dead across U.S. as expanded tornado watches issued for Georgia and Florida

NBC News

The death toll from two days of storms that have bombarded parts of the South and the Midwest has now risen to 36.

The majority of the deaths, 12, were in Missouri, mostly in Wayne County. Eight deaths were reported in Kansas after a 50-vehicle collision during a "severe dust storm," and six deaths were reported in Mississippi following multiple reported tornadoes.

In Texas, multiple vehicle accidents caused by high winds and low visibility killed four people. Three were killed in Independence County, Arkansas, officials said.

Two people were killed in Alabama and and one person was killed in Oklahoma.

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