Tornadoes strike US South, killing 33 people amid rising risk, CNN says

Tornadoes killed at least 33 people across several states in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast on Saturday night, CNN reported.

Missouri reported 12 fatalities spanning five counties, the state’s highway patrol posted on X.

Robbie Myers, the director of emergency management in Missouri’s Butler County, told reporters that more than 500 homes, a church and grocery store in the county were destroyed. A mobile home park had been “totally destroyed,”