According to the SPC: “The HIGH risk area almost always means a major severe weather outbreak is expected, with great coverage of severe weather and enhanced likelihood of extreme severe (i.e., violent tornadoes or extreme convective wind events over a large area).”

CONFIRMED TORNADOES AND DAMAGE SURVEYS | INTENSE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS | CLOSURES | WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOS | TURN ON WEATHER NOTIFICATIONS Three people are confirmed dead following the storms in Alabama.

The National Weather Service announced that teams would be surveying two areas of North Alabama for storm damage Monday.

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

At least 41 people are dead after a weekend of dynamic storms unleashed tornadoes, blinding dust and wildfires — leaving behind uprooted trees and flattening hundreds of homes and businesses

A series of violent and deadly tornadoes killed at least 40 people across the U.S. this weekend. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes reports on the damage from Alabama and CBS News Philadelphia meteorologist Kate Bilo has a look at the forecast.