WDAM7, a Mississippi television station, reported that Walthall County Sheriff Kyle Breland confirmed the three deaths and multiple injuries from possible tornadoes in the Pine Belt late Saturday afternoon. Tylertown is just north of the Louisiana state line.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moving east.

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