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

A tornado tore through the Winterboro community of Talledega County, Alabama, and destroyed an old high school gymnasium when the storm catapulted a school bus onto the gym roof. The St. Clair Times reports that one local resident was killed in the EF2 tornado with winds of 120 miles per hour.

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.