A powerful storm system will bring several life-threatening weather hazards to Tennessee starting Wednesday night, including the threat of flash flooding and tornados, warns the National Weather Service.

Selmer, Tennessee, sustained extensive damage after being struck by a tornado early Thursday morning. The Tennessee Health Department has reported at least two deaths statewide, including one in McNairy County,

A deadly severe weather system continues to charge east Thursday and is expected to tear across more than a dozen states, from parts of Texas to the densely populated mid-Atlantic and Northeast, placing over 55 million Americans directly in the path of its destructive forces.

Millions were under tornado watches in Arkansas on April 2 as severe storms brought heavy rain across the Mid-South.

Arkansas Gov. Sara Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency Wednesday. Tornado watch is in place for parts of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee until Thursday mor