Roads and schools are closed because of damage from the deadly tornado outbreak on Saturday. Three people are confirmed dead following the storms in Alabama. The National Weather Service is surveying the damage and releasing initial results, including damage consistent with tornadoes stronger than EF-1 strength.

Meanwhile, dust storms spurred by high winds claimed almost a dozen lives on Friday. Eight people died in a Kansas highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles, according to the state highway patrol. Authorities said three people also were killed in car crashes during a dust storm in Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle.

Two people were killed when a possible tornado touched down in a small Alabama community Saturday night. Dallas County Coroner Alan Dailey said the storm wreaked havoc in the 9000 block of Country Road 63 in Plantersville,

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 40 people across six states.