A tornado outbreak has impacted countless families in the United States this weekend. So far, at least 19 people have reportedly died. NBC News reported that 11 people in Missouri died as a result of the powerful storms sweeping the country.

Weather forecasters warn about a major multiple-day outbreak of severe weather that includes multiple strong tornadoes from the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf Coast, Great Lakes and Atlantic coast through the weekend.

An "outbreak" of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms is expected through Saturday night in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and other southern states.

Local authorities said dozens have been killed and tornado risk continue on March 16 across the central United States after a massive storm system.

Dozens of tornadoes are reported from thunderstorms that lit up the radar from Wisconsin to Mississippi in the early hours Saturday.