A deadly tornado outbreak has killed at least seven people and spawned more than 30 reports of twisters across the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley on Wednesday. At least five people have died in Tennessee due to the severe weather, Tennessee officials said Thursday night. That number was one less than the count a Tennessee state representative relayed in a social media post earlier Thursday. The storms also injured multiple others and destroyed several homes from Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee through Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana

A deadly tornado outbreak has killed at least seven people and spawned more than 30 reports of twisters across the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley on Wednesday. At least five people have died in Tennessee due to the severe weather, Tennessee officials said Thursday night. That number was one less than the count a Tennessee state representative relayed in a social media post earlier Thursday. The storms also injured multiple others and destroyed several homes from Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee through Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. On Thursday, President Donald Trump approved the disaster declaration for all 95 counties in Tennessee, setting in motion FEMA's response to disaster relief across the state.

Seven people have been confirmed dead as a tornado outbreak has hit the South and Midwest. Five people were killed in Tennessee, one in Indiana, and one in Missouri as tornados ripped through the South and Midwest. Some of the tornados have been rated as EF3 and even higher. Rescuers continue to search through rubble and in communities left in chaos. What began as an already dangerous situation on Wednesday has escalated, with multiple destructive tornadoes – some potentially rated EF3 or stronger – shredding homes, knocking out power, forcing road closures and leaving some neighborhoods unrecognizable.