Extreme storms batter Texas, the South

Roughly 20 tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma on Monday and Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding more than a dozen. The storms knocked out power to at least 90,000 customers from Texas to Mississippi as of Tuesday afternoon. Other parts of Texas also sustained extreme weather: wildfires burned in the west, and the Panhandle was under a blizzard warning, where 9 inches of snow blanketed the region. Local officials said up to 80 homes were destroyed in Jack County, north of Forth Worth. A 73-year-old woman in Grayson County, Texas, died in the storm.

Where is it going next? The storm continued its destructive path Tuesday into Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. High winds uprooted trees in Ridgeland, Miss., as a possible tornado passed the Jackson-area city in the afternoon. A tornado ripped through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs on Tuesday night, leaving at least one person dead. The system is expected to push into the Southeast by Wednesday morning, battering parts of the region with strong winds and heavy rain in several states from Florida to Virginia. Forecasters predicted the storms would intensify as temperatures rose, increasing the threat of tornadoes, intense hail, and winds reaching speeds of 75 mph in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.

Dig deeper: Track the latest storm developments with the National Weather Service.