T ornadoes, heavy rain, and thunderstorms tore through parts of the Midwestern and Southern United States over the weekend, leaving dozens dead. The weather system, which began on Friday, produced more than two dozen tornadoes that ripped through parts of Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

At least 27 people are dead after tornadoes and severe weather hit Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia beginning on Friday, May 16, as states brace for more bad weather.

At least 28 people across three states were killed when tornadoes struck Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia on Friday, with a governor and a mayor calling them among the worst they’ve ever seen. Unseen,

The EF-3 twister was part of a massive outbreak sequence on May 18 that also spawned tornadoes in Kentucky, killing at least 19 people in that state and leveling the small town of London, about 80 miles south of Lexington.

A Virginia Red Cross team will travel 500 miles west to London, Kentucky where a devastating tornado damaged hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles, and left many homeless.

"Severe thunderstorms capable of all severe hazards remain possible this evening across portions of the central and southern Plains," a forecast from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) said. "Several strong to intense tornadoes are possible," it added.

Two people died in Fairfax County after fierce thunderstorms swept the Washington region Friday, toppling trees, swamping roadways, knocking out power and unleashing a wind gust of 69 mph at Reagan National Airport.

In London, Ky., the scope of the destruction from a tornado that killed 19 in the state was coming into view as residents tried to process the disaster.