At least seven tornadoes hit Alabama on Saturday, and that number will likely climb even higher later today. The National Weather Service plans to continue looking at storm damage and has several areas that will be visited by storm survey teams today (Monday).

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey later confirmed at least three deaths and noted that there were reports of damage in 52 of the state's 67 counties as the assessment continues.

A massive storm system sliced through the country this weekend, leveling homes, spurring crashes and killing at least 39 people in more than a half-dozen states. The system spawned at least 81 tornadoes across eight states since Friday: Mississippi,

"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,

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.

Storm damage has been reported in various central Alabama counties. This story will be updated as further information becomes available. Calhoun County Fayette County Jefferson County Tuscaloosa Count

Cleanup operations are underway across the central and eastern U.S> after a multiday severe weather outbreak left trails of destruction in countless communities. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne was in Gordo,