Powerful storms have swept across Southern US states after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town.
Three children were among the dead.
Nearly 90,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Georgia as the severe weather left a trail of destruction.
Two children, age eight and three, were killed on a back road in East Texas when a pine tree fell onto the car in which they were riding in a severe thunderstorm on Saturday near Pollok, about 150 miles southeast of Dallas.
At least one person was killed and about two dozen others were injured after a suspected tornado struck the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in East Texas during a Native American cultural event in Alto.
A tornado flattened much of the south side of Franklin, Texas, overturning mobile homes and damaging other residences.
The weather service said preliminary information showed a tornado touched down with winds of 140 mph, destroying dozens of homes.
