At least 2 storm-related deaths as severe weather affects south

At least two people have died in the south due to storm-related deaths, officials said Saturday.

Two tornadoes were confirmed in Texas, with severe damage reported to several homes in Liverpool on Saturday.

Around noon local time, there was also a confirmed tornado near Splendora, Texas.

There has been at least one storm-related death in Texas, and “lots of damage to buildings and schools and power outages,” Dan Davis, the mayor of Manvel, Texas, confirmed to ABC News.

Davis told ABC News that many people east of Manvel are now without power and running water and trailer homes were demolished.

At least one person is dead and two others injured in Mississippi due to the “severe weather,” Gov. Tate Reeves. X said Saturday night.

“Damage assessments are ongoing and will continue throughout the night,” Reeves said.

More tornadoes are expected during the afternoon and evening as a strong severe weather outbreak continues across the south.

The Tornado Watch in Texas has been labeled a “Specially Hazardous Situation,” which is assigned a Tornado Watch only when the Storm Prediction Center has “a high confidence forecast of several intense tornadoes (rated EF2-EF5).”

The designation occurs in only about 7% of Tornado Watches, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

A moderate risk of severe weather is in place from eastern Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi and into Alabama on Saturday.

The risk of severe weather began in Texas Saturday morning and then moves east through the evening and overnight.

The biggest risk will be for several strong and large long-track tornadoes, potentially EF3 or larger, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Other risk factors will be large hail, damaging winds and flash floods.

As for the rain, 2 inches to 4 inches of rain is expected in the South on Saturday from Texas to Alabama and Tennessee, with localized areas of 5 or more inches possible, leading to the risk of flooding.

The same storm complex will reach the southeast on Sunday, leading to a severe threat there as well, although it is expected to be far less extreme than Saturday will be.

Strong to severe storms will roll through Georgia through the morning hours, as well as the Carolinas — where major hubs like Charlotte and Atlanta could experience morning delays due to the storm.

The main threats will be from damaging winds and possible tornadoes on Sunday, although the threat is again lower than Saturday.

Virginia could also see strong to severe storms in the late morning and early afternoon.

This rain will reach Philadelphia into New York City early Monday morning, but will likely be gone by sunrise Monday. Boston will have a rainy Monday morning though.