Tornadoes in the United States have killed at least 34 people and destroyed homes and businesses across several states.
Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma are among those to have a state of emergency declared, while in Kansas a severe dust storm late last week saw a car crash involving over 50 vehicles with the Kansas Highway Patrol reporting eight fatalities.
A similar storm hit Texas, resulting in a 38-car pile up and at least four dead.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of "intense to violent" tornadoes, describing the situation as “particularly dangerous” and flash flooding warnings were also issued to parts of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina.
In Oklahoma, nearly 150 wildfires have burnt, being driven by winds reaching up to 133 kilometres and destroying nearly 300 structures.
Early reports showed 19 tornadoes had struck 25 counties in the state of Missouri, according to it emergency management agency, and the state's Governor Mike Kehoe said the state had been "devastated by severe storms... leaving homes destroyed and lives lost".
Six people died in Mississippi as a result of tornadoes swept through that state and another three were reported dead in Alabama as twisters hit.
Officials reported three deaths and 29 people injured in Arkansas.
At least 250,000 properties across the nation were without power on Sunday, local time, according to tracker PowerOutage.
