A devastating tornado has left several dead after tearing through a Missouri trailer park in the early hours of the morning on Saturday as 16 people are now reported dead across the country from the weather system that brought the twister.

Multiple people have reportedly died after a tornado ripped through a Missouri trailer park during the early hours of the morning. The twister struck the mobile home site in Poplar Bluff, Butler Country,

Torn roofs, bent poles and all sorts of debris piled in front of buildings in Butler, Missouri on Saturday (March 15) after a series of tornadoes hit the U.S. Midwest and Southeast overnight, killing at least 14 people.

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moveing east.

A powerful storm system sweeping through the central and southern United States has resulted in the deaths of at least 33 people.

Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving at least 39 people dead. In the latest tally of the destruction,