The death toll from tornadoes in the south and central west of the country rose to at least 29 on Sunday, officials and media reports in the United States said.
Today, US President Joe Biden declared a state of "major disaster" in Arkansas and ordered federal support to help the state recover.
Meanwhile, the Memphis, Tennessee, Police Department said the bodies of three people were found on Saturday after high winds caused trees to fall on several homes.
Officials in McNeery County in the same state said two more people were killed and announced seven dead on Saturday from the storm, according to local media.
Separately, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced that the bodies of a couple were found at a camp in McCormick Creek National Park in Owen County in the state.
Another 15 were reported to have died from tornadoes that hit Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Delaware, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
The National Storm Prediction Center issued a severe weather warning Sunday for parts of northern and northeastern Texas, including Dallas and Fort Worth, including massive snowfall, high winds and a "strong hurricane or two tornadoes."
The center said it expected similar weather and thunderstorms on Tuesday in much of the Midwest between Chicago, Illinois, and Little Rock, Arkansas.