The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-2 tornado hit Taylorsville, Mississippi, saying eight tornadoes impacted the area between Friday night and Saturday.

Parts of Mississippi could face tornadoes with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour along with hail over 2 inches wide on Saturday.

President Trump pledges help to affected states, cites 36 deaths National Guard deployed to Arkansas Missouri has highest number of fatalities among six states Power outages affect more than 340,000 consumers Some states still under watch for wind and potential tornadoes March 16 (Reuters) - Portions of Pennsylvania,

At least 36 people have reportedly been killed due to storms since tornado warnings were issued on March 14 A violent and severe storm outbreak in the United States has now killed at least 36 people in the South and Midwest,

Sounds of chainsaws fill the air as recovery operations get underway in Mississippi after a deadly, multiday tornado outbreak left swaths of destruction across the region over the weekend.

The weather cut a swathe of destruction across an area of the country that is home to more than 100 million people.

Deadly storms swept across portions of the South and Southeast over the weekend, leaving behind catastrophic damage in Tylertown, Mississippi. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray was on the ground in Tylertown on Sunday morning with the latest on what unfolded.