A tornado outbreak has impacted countless families in the United States this weekend. So far, at least 19 people have reportedly died. NBC News reported that 11 people in Missouri died as a result of the powerful storms sweeping the country.

The meteorological agency said: "If you live in these areas, get to the sturdiest structure you have access to and remain in place until the storms pass." Mike Kehoe, governor of Missouri - where the 11 deaths were reported across four south-easterly counties - said the state had been "devastated by severe storms and tornadoes,

As severe weather sweeps across the Midwest, a recent study has uncovered a troubling knowledge gap among the public when it comes to tornado alerts. Many Americans remain confused about the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning,

When severe weather hits the United States, there are ways people across the country can prepare for the potential impact of hail, rain, damaging winds and more.

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At least three people have died as a powerful system of storms sweeps across a wide swathe of the central and southern of the United States, with another three killed in vehicle crashes as blinding winds whipped through Texas and Oklahoma.

A sweeping storm system moving across the U.S. threatens to bring tornadoes, blizzards and possibly wildfires to different regions of the country.

A massive storm system wreaked havoc across the central United States, generating wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas. With tornado threats extending through the Mississippi Valley, heavy winds and blizzard warnings were issued in multiple states,