Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.

The governor said preliminary information shows as many as 12 tornadoes could have ripped through the state in the cross-country storm. The storm left six dead and 27 injured in M

At least 34 people are dead after severe weather hit parts of Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi overnight, officials said.