Videos show roofs blown off homes, trees down after another severe weather outbreak in the South
At least 2 people were killed during the multiday severe weather outbreak
Wedge tornado moves through Central GA causing major damage
A violent tornado moved through areas in Central Georgia. A large wedge tornado with horizontal vortices cut a swath through an area just north of Pembroke. There were multiple injuries and victims trapped in under-leveled homes.
For the third week in a row, a multiday severe weather outbreak has wreaked havoc across the storm-fatigued South, leaving trails of destruction across several states.
The event began Monday across North Texas and Oklahoma, where several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued.
One person was killed in Whitehouse, Texas, late Monday night when severe weather moved through the area with strong winds that knocked down trees and power lines across the region.
Heavy rain also led to flooding in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, Texas, where emergency crews needed to rescue four people when their vehicles were swept away by the fast-moving water.
Luckily, no injuries were reported.
The severe weather then moved into the Deep South and Southeast on Tuesday, where areas from Mississippi to South Carolina saw more than three-dozen reports of tornadoes.
Severe storms bring widespread damage across Newton, MS
Storm damage around Newton where trees were knocked down along US80 near the MDOT office along Morgan Field Road. Structural damage was also noted as a carport became detached and smashed a vehicle at a home. Numerous large oak trees were uprooted and snapped as well.
One storm moved through the Newton, Mississippi, area Tuesday morning and left significant destruction in its wake.
Crews worked hard to remove debris that closed roads across the region.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation also released a video that showed an apparent tornado passing their district office in Newton.
Watch: Video shows possible tornado passing through Newton, Mississippi
Here is footage of a possible tornado passing Mississippi DOT's district office in Newton.
The storms moved into Georgia and South Carolina through Tuesday afternoon and evening, spawning more tornadoes that leveled buildings and brought down trees and wires.
The National Weather Service reported one person was killed during a tornado in Pembroke, Georgia.
The tornado is believed to have been an EF-3 with winds of at least 136 mph.
Watch: Man captures large tornado crossing highway in Savannah, GA
Watch as a man captures this large tornado crossing a highway in Savannah, GA on Tuesday, April 5 as severe storms moved through.
Not far away, a rare Tornado Emergency was issued in Allendale, South Carolina, on Tuesday afternoon.
Because the tornado struck in a rural community, only about a handful of homes were either damaged or destroyed.
Emergency management reported only three injuries with the storm, and officials were still accessing the damage.
Watch: 'Life-threatening' tornado touches down in Allendale, SC
Watch as a 'life-threatening' tornado touches down in Allendale, SC on Tuesday, April 5.
"This is only the second-ever tornado emergency issued by NWS Charleston," said Greg Diamond, Senior Weather Producer and Meteorologist. "The other one was in 2020 for Walterboro, South Carolina. That one ended up being an EF-1."
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Georgia's governor toured damage on Wednesday afternoon and said the storms were quick but there was complete devastation in parts of the state.
The front producing the storms lingered over the South on Wednesday, creating enough dynamics for another round of severe storms.
Several tornado-warned storms moved across the Peach State and storm chasers captured the twisters on video.
Tornado moves through East Sumter County, GA
Video captures a tornado on the ground tearing through fields in East Sumter County, Georgia. (Video: Brandon Copic / LSM)
PowerOutage.US reported more than 30,000 electric outages across Georgia with the central part of the state being the hardest impacted.
Damage assessments could take several days to determine how many tornadoes raked across the South.
Tornado sweeps across I-75
Traffic doesn't even slow on I-75 in Cordele, Georgia as a tornado crosses the highway.