Residents along Glencannon Drive were expecting rain. But instead they got a tornado that downed trees and damaged several homes.

Windspeeds reached 85 mph for about two minutes as the tornado traversed about a mile just west of the 605 Freeway.

An EF0 tornado touched down in Los Angeles County early Thursday morning, causing damage to a Pico Rivera neighborhood, the National Weather Service said.

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

A powerful storm system sweeping through the central and southern United States has resulted in the deaths of at least 33 people.

Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving at least 39 people dead. In the latest tally of the destruction,