A tornado moved through Mississippi Saturday claiming the lives of six people and injuring 29 others. According to Mississippi Govenor Tate Reeves, one death was reported in Covington County, two in Jeff Davis County and three in Walthall County.

Sounds of chainsaws fill the air as recovery operations get underway in Mississippi after a deadly, multiday tornado outbreak left swaths of destruction across the region over the weekend.

"Get to the sturdiest structure you have access to and remain in place until the storms pass," the NWS told residents in Alabama on Saturday night, when multiple tornado warnings were issued. At least 250,

Parts of Mississippi could face tornadoes with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour along with hail over 2 inches wide on Saturday.

Thousands of power outages were reported Saturday as a deadly severe weather outbreak moved across the Midwest and South.

The death toll from the tornadoes and violent storms that ravaged the central and southern US over the weekend has risen to 40, local authorities said.