Torn roofs, bent poles and all sorts of debris piled in front of buildings in Butler, Missouri on Saturday (March 15) after a series of tornadoes hit the U.S. Midwest and Southeast overnight, killing at least 14 people.

Damage assessments are underway in communities across the central and eastern U.S. after a deadly multiday severe weather outbreak that began on Friday. FOX Weather Meteorologist Jane Minar has the latest.

Nine of the 12 fatalities reported during last week's severe weather outbreak occurred in Wayne and Ozark counties.

Violent tornadoes and high winds have 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.

"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,