Tornadoes whipped through Missouri on Friday night, ripping apart homes, businesses, and the electrical system. Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office says at least 12 people have been killed and one person is still missing from the severe weather.

Numerous significant tornadoes are expected Saturday afternoon and evening, with the highest risk across several states in the Deep South, forecasters say.

Multiple people have died amid an outbreak of severe weather across the South that forecasters warn could include "violent" tornadoes, high winds, thunderstorms and flash flooding on Saturday. Two people died and others were injured in a suspected tornado that touched down in the Bakersfield area of southern Missouri,

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

A severe weather system spawned intense, long-duration tornadoes that struck parts of Arkansas, Mississippi and Missouri, leaving some communities in tatters.