Portions of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania were under a new tornado watch issued on Sunday by the National Weather Service, as the death toll from storms rose to at least 34 people in six states since Friday.

Tornadoes left a trail of destruction in Mississippi and the same storm system brought gusty winds that fueled more than 130 wildfires in Oklahoma.

"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,

At 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, the National Weather Service released a tornado watch in effect until 7 p.m. for Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Cumberland, Elk, Franklin, Fulton,

On Sunday at 12:51 a.m. an updated tornado watch was released by the National Weather Service in effect until 3 a.m. for Barbour, Bullock, Pike and Russell counties.

On Sunday at 9:48 a.m. a tornado watch was released by the NWS Raleigh NC in effect until 2 p.m. The watch is for Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guilford,