Live updates: 36 dead as storms head east; over 380,000 customers without power across East Coast, South and Midwest The storms have left nearly 16 million under tornado watches from Florida to the Carolinas. The deadly storms that ravaged much of the South and the Midwest this weekend are heading east today.

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.

At least 34 people are dead after severe weather hit parts of Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi overnight, officials said.