Winds of up to 120 miles per hour wreaked destruction across the county as a huge weather system battered swathes of the U.S.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moveing east.

Deaths were reported in Kansas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Missouri as dozens of tornadoes ripped through the United States.