After a deadly tornado hit London, KY, residents cleaned up while bracing for another potentially severe storm.

Forecasters warned Monday that more tornados and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days.

Survivors of the deadly tornadoes that struck parts of Kentucky continued to sift through the rubble as widespread cleanup efforts were underway.

Major Leslie Leatherman, a 39-year veteran of the Laurel County Fire Department, was tragically killed while responding to a fire alarm when the tornado touched down.

Another round of tornadoes has struck the central U.S. after four days of tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rain killed more than two dozen people

Families hunkered down in their bathrooms and emerged to find their homes gone when a deadly tornado barreled through the community of London, Kentucky, on Friday, leaving behind only foundations where houses once stood.

A couple in their 60s from Laurel County is in the London Hospital recovering after a preliminary EF-3 tornado tore into their home on Friday.

Laurel County took the biggest hit in Kentucky from a violent tornado that spanned several cities on Friday. Of Kentucky's reported 18 deaths (as of Saturday night), 17 of those were in the London, Kentucky area.

Two days after deadly tornadoes tore through southern Kentucky, devastated communities are beginning the painful process of picking up the pieces.

The National Weather Service confirms numerous unverified tornadoes in the region, prompting a response across Kentucky and surrounding states.