At least two people have died and several others were injured after powerful storms and tornadoes struck parts of Texas, authorities confirmed.

A severe weather threat has shifted back to the southern Plains, from Kansas down through Texas, with storms firing up Saturday evening and spurring watches for severe thunderstorm and possible tornadoes.

Meteorologists warn that a highly volatile weather pattern is unfolding across Oklahoma, bringing multiple rounds of severe storms alongside an elevated wildfire risk in parts of the state.

Tornadoes and powerful storms tore through southern Michigan on Friday, killing at least four people, injuring more than a dozen, and destroying homes across several rural communities, local authorities said.

Over a dozen people have died, including 11 in Missouri, after deadly tornadoes tore through multiple states, bringing damaging winds that flipped cars and flattened homes.