Severe storms struck the U.S. - The dead increasing

The information on the death toll is unclear, but the U.S. network CNN reported that 29 people have lost their lives in six states and dozens of people have been injured.

The risk for the formation of new wind turbines can last several days as the strong weather system sweeps south and central U.S. .

Early this morning, a large cluster of thunderstorms pounded Alabama, the Georgia and Florida, with tornadoes to hit Alabama and Georgia. The risk of developing tornado would drop briefly before rising again in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama in the coming hours.

"The biggest threat today is located in the central and eastern parts of the Gulf coast," said Breen Kerr, meteorologist of the National Weather Service, adding that there was the possibility of new expressions of extreme weather events in the Tennessee and Ohio Valley into the day.

The governor of the state of Georgia, Nathan Deal, who declared a state of emergency late last night, said in relation to the wave of bad weather expected: "We are now prepared and ready to deal, God forbid, any disasters from hurricanes or floods."

One of the many tornadoes that swept through Mississippi, hit the city Tupelo, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, throwing columns electricity and uprooting trees, said the weather service.

The police chief of Tupelo Bart Aguirre described how rescuers go from house to house, investigating damaged buildings and some residential areas were excluded as crews conduct checks on columns electricity have fallen and investigate any gas leaks. Some residents, whose houses have been damaged, transferred to the Red Cross shelter which is placed in a sports stadium.