Tornadoes and very strong winds peel the roofs from homes in the Deep South and heaped snow and ice on the Midwest.
Golf-ball and baseball-sized hail pelted parts of Georgia and the Carolinas late Thursday and early Friday.
Three people were killed.
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- Cleanup after tornado touches down near St. Louis
- A pavilion at Imerman Memorial Park on Midland Road in Saginaw Township is flooded after the Tittabawassee River overflowed its banks on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Heavy rains over the past few days have saturated the ground. More rain is expected. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, ) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
- Cleanup after tornado touches down near St. Louis
- Shuqualak, Miss. residents begin cleanup of debris from homes hit by a tornado Thursday, April 11, 2013. A tornado plowed through rural sections of eastern Mississippi Thursday, killing at least one person and causing widespread damage and power outages, officials said. That and other damaging storms in the state were part of the same front that had dumped heavy, wet snow and ice in the Midwest and spawned tornadoes elsewhere. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
- Emergency personnel carry away the body of a person killed by a tornado Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Kemper County, Miss. The victim was working inside a structure that is part of the Mississppi Power Lignite Coal Plant when the tornado ripped through the community. A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/The Meridan Star, Paula Merritt)
- Cleanup after tornado touches down near St. Louis
- A tree that landed on the roof of Susan Strebeck’s home in Hazelwood after a storm blew through the area causing extensive damage on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Butch Dye, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Mo., said severe weather struck the suburb of Hazelwood. “We won’t be able to confirm whether it was a tornado until teams get out there tomorrow,” Dye said. (AP Photo/David Carson, Post-Dispatch)
- Cleanup after tornado touches down near St. Louis
- Two men work to remove a truck in Botkinburg, Ark., Thursday, April 11, 2013, that was overturned when a severe storm struck the area late Wednesday. The National Weather Service is surveying areas Thursday to determine whether tornadoes or strong winds caused damage. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston
- Huntsville Fire and Rescue crews remove a downed tree blocking traffic on Dell Avenue as strong storms passed through Huntsville, Ala. Thursday, April 11, 2013. A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/AL.com, Eric Schultz)
- Kristin Little, manager of the Ferguson Optical shop in Hazelwood, talks with a friend on the phone as she describes the damage caused to her shop by a storm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Butch Dye, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Mo., said severe weather struck the suburb of Hazelwood. “We won’t be able to confirm whether it was a tornado until teams get out there tomorrow,” Dye said. (AP Photo/David Carson, Post-Dispatch)
- Lightning strikes across the skies of Patterson, Arkansas April 10, 2013. Many of the storms in Tornado Alley that were forecast to be severe this week were taken out by a cold front from Canada. Picture taken April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
- Aimee Greenwalt (left) and Amanda Parish survey the damage in Hazelwood caused by a storm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Butch Dye, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Mo., said severe weather struck the suburb of Hazelwood. “We won’t be able to confirm whether it was a tornado until teams get out there tomorrow,” Dye said. (AP Photo/David Carson, Post-Dispatch)
- Cleanup after tornado touches down near St. Louis
- Larry Gammill, left, and Tim Parks survey tornado damage at Botkinburg Foursquare Church in Botkinburg, Ark., Thursday, April 11, 2013, after a severe storm struck the building late Wednesday. The National Weather Service is surveying areas Thursday to determine whether tornadoes or strong winds caused damage. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
- Hazelwood fire fighters climb over a fence into the backyard of a home Lynn Haven Lane in Hazelwood that was damaged a storm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Butch Dye, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Mo., said severe weather struck the suburb of Hazelwood. “We won’t be able to confirm whether it was a tornado until teams get out there tomorrow,” Dye said. (AP Photo/David Carson, Post-Dispatch)
- Hazelwood fire fighters gather outside a home in Hazelwood that was damaged by a storm as the make a plan to enter and retrieve medicine for a resident who escaped the home on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Butch Dye, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Mo., said severe weather struck the suburb of Hazelwood. “We won’t be able to confirm whether it was a tornado until teams get out there tomorrow,” Dye said. (AP Photo/David Carson, Post-Dispatch)
- Cleanup after tornado touches down near St. Louis
- Family members and friends search through Ralph Sciple’s home on Highway 397 in Kemper County, Miss., after a tornado ripped through the area Thursday, April 11, 2013. The Sciples were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/The Meridan Star, Paula Merritt)
- The street light at Howdershell Road and Lynn Haven Lane lies damaged following high winds from a strong spring storm in Hazelwood late Wednesday evening, April 10, 2013. Butch Dye, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Mo., said severe weather struck the suburb of Hazelwood. “We won’t be able to confirm whether it was a tornado until teams get out there tomorrow,” Dye said. (AP Photo/Erik M. Lunsford, Post-Dispatch)
- Lightning strikes downtown Huntsville, Ala. as strong storms move into Madison County Thursday afternoon, April 11, 2013. A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bob Gathany)