Nearly 300 houses were damaged or destroyed, and over 130 fires were recorded across the state of Oklahoma, prompting evacuation orders in several localities.
At a press conference on Saturday, Governor Kevin Stitt said that the state was burning around 266 square miles (689 square kilometers).
Several tractor-trailers were overturned by the severe winds, according to the State Patrol. According to experts,
Such weather extremes are common in March. The Storm Prediction Center reported that significant tornadoes were still occurring on Saturday,
With the area most at danger extending from eastern Louisiana and Mississippi to Alabama, western Georgia, and the Florida panhandle.
In Tylertown, Mississippi, Bailey Dillon, 24, and her fiancé, Caleb Barnes, observed a huge tornado hit an area around half a mile (0.8 km) from Paradise Ranch RV Park from their front porch.
