Tornado Safety and Preparedness

Severe Storms Turn Deadly in the South (PHOTOS)

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The National Weather Service confirmed a high-end EF-2 tornado in Kershaw County, S.C. Damage can be seen to North-Central High School. (Twitter/@NWSColumbia)

1/21
The National Weather Service confirmed a high-end EF-2 tornado in Kershaw County, S.C. Damage can be seen to North-Central High School. (Twitter/@NWSColumbia)

Severe storms in the South left at least eight people dead, three in northwest Louisiana, three in Alabama, one in Texas and one in Oklahoma. Tornadoes were confirmed in Louisiana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Missouri.

The governors of Mississippi and Arkansas both declared states of emergency. Wind gusts up to 60 mph knocked down trees and power lines, destroying homes and flipping tractor-trailers. In result, interstates were closed and over 300,000 customers were without power across eight states Saturday evening.

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The same strong upper-level storm that's producing winter weather in the Midwest is generating severe weather in the South.

Click through the slideshow above to see some of the damage from this weekend's severe weather.