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A RARE outbreak of twisters is swept across the southern US yesterday bringing "baseball-sized hail," destroying homes, damaging property, and putting 45million Americans in danger.

The wild weather continued into the Southeast and the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday, hitting , and and putting millions of people at risk, according to the

Tornadoes raged this week as mutliple states were hit by the wild weather

Several chickenhouses were wiped out by the violent weather furor in MSCredit: Brian Emfinger

A chicken farm off Strengthford Cooley Road in Wayne County, Miss., sustained extensive damage on St. Patrick's DayCredit: AP

The NWS issued a are “High Risk" tornado weather warning, noting “numerous tornadoes, several intense and long track, scattered damaging winds, some hurricane force" and "baseball size" hail.

A whopping 45million people are now in the eye of the storm today from the Valley into South , areas which are set to experience tornadoes, enormous hail and vicious winds.

By mid morning, the worst will hit the Carolinas and Southeast Georgia as eight million people will be under twister warnings - and as the storm progresses, it's set to become more violent, reported.

NC cities like Raleigh and Durham, along with Savannah, GA and Columbia in South Carolina will be hard hit as another tempest hits the Ohio Valley, Northern , and the Appalachians of West Virginia and Virginia.

Recreational vehicles technician Chuck Folts of AMU RV service and repair, describes how he hunkered down as a tornado destroyed the roof of the workshop above him in AlabamaCredit: AP

Possible tornadoes knocked down trees, toppled power lines and damaged homes in rural Chilton CountyCredit: AP

Homes and cars on Waterbury Drive were heavily damaged from severe weather, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in MoundvilleCredit: AP

Come evening, the cyclone will move into Florida, bringing gales, rain, tornadoes, and hail with it.

The greatest level of destruction yesterday was in and but , , and were also put under a tornado warning on Wednesday, according to the NWS

Major cities in the eye of the terrifying storm this week included Memphis, Birmingham, Little Rock, and Jackson, where millions of people braced for the incoming tempest on Wednesday.

At least 37 homes were damaged by storms in Moundville and Akron, AL, and in Clarke County, a mom and child were injured when the storm wiped out their home, Emergency Management Agency director Roy Waite .

In Lacon, a woman was found clinging to a tree in last night when her car became submerged in flood water.

Over in Tuscaloosa, Jennifer Patterson who was en route to her son's safer house was left out in the elements when she accidentally locked her car keys inside the house forcing her also to cling to a tree for safety.

in Tuscaloosa, Jennifer Patterson accidentally locked herself out in the tempestCredit: Fox 8

The tree she sheltered under and her home were almost completely destroyedCredit: Fox 8

Patterson tried to access her home with a screwdriverCredit: Fox 8

Patterson said she thought 'this is it' during the stormCredit: Fox 8

"I realized I didn’t have my keys, so I took a screwdriver and was trying to get the (front) door open and get my keys," she told WIAT.

"I just kept messing with it and messing with it, and [with the warning] in Moundville, that is not that far away, I thought, 'I don’t have time for this.' I was down in there, holding onto a little ol’ tree.

"I just knew with the wind the way it was, and everything cracking around me, and I’m holding onto a little ol’ tree, and all I could think about at that time was this is it."

Patterson recalled how she called her son but all her could hear was her screaming, "not knowing if I was ever going to see my family, at any moment,

A tree was blown down along side the railroad tracks in northeast Lincoln County, MissCredit: AP

AMU RV service and repair on Old Greensboro Road was struck by a tornado that destroyed multiple client-owned recreational vehicles yesterdayCredit: AP

Sabrina Hargrove and her baby Skylar Johnson stand outside their damaged home on Waterbury StreetCredit: AP

Shocking footage taken in Dallas County revealed how the tornado left damaged property in it wake, downed trees as it tore through Burnsville while 21 reported tornados pummeled the South.

Yesterday, terrifying footage captured by one driver showed the tornado tearing through Wayne County, Mississippi this afternoon.

The NWS Mobile office that a tornado was moving through Wayne County as it confirmed that homes had been damaged

Several chickenhouses were wiped out by the violent weather furor, according to one Brian Emfinger in Wayne County, which is about 14 miles east of Laurel.

The twister was moving over towards Lawrence County at around 14.30pm local time as meterologists urged people to get to safety on .

The storm brought on dark skies and wild weather

One journalist warned residents the tornado warning was in effect until 7pm and urged them to avoid the "numerous strong tornadoes, apple size hail, & scattered wind gusts up to 80mph possible!"

Elsewhere, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency yesterdat for all 67 counties, which was in effect from March 16 at 6pm local time.

“Projections are showing that this will likely be a widespread event, with some of the most severe weather anticipated late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning," Ivey warned.

"Please make preparations now in the event your area is impacted in some way. I will continue keeping a close eye on the system and encourage every Alabamian to do the same.”

There were twisters ripping through several states yesterday and into today

The storm also brought enormous hail stones

In Little Rock, Arkansas, residents hunkered down in an anticipation of the superstorm bringing one-inch hailstones and 58 mph winds this afternoon and a thunder warning was in effect.

Earlier this morning, over 5,800 were without power in the state, reported with Phillips County's 1,000 being the most effected by the unruly weather.

Little Rock resident Eve Jorgensen filmed the devastation unleashed in the storm as a trash bin and debris flowing down a flooded road.

The terrifying twisters are now expected to continue in other states today

Speaking about the wild weather warning, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned: "A widespread/substantial severe weather event is expected to continue into Thursday from southern Virginia southward into Florida, and westward into portions of eastern Kentucky/eastern Tennessee.

"Along with potential for widespread damaging winds and hail, several tornadoes – a few of them likely to be strong – are anticipated."

The agency's Storm Center also warned that as storms gain traction on Wednesday afternoon across AL, LA, and MS, it "could quickly become a supercell capable of producing strong tornadoes."

"Supercell thunderstorms are perhaps the most violent of all thunderstorm types, and are capable of producing damaging winds, large hail, and weak-to-violent tornadoes," NWS noted.

Elsewhere, part of , , and are also at risk.

A tornado touches down near Moundville in Hale County, Ala.Credit: AP

Local residents suspect the roof of this home along Cotten Lane in the Woolworth community in northeast Lincoln County, MissCredit: AP

On Thursday, tornadoes and two-inch hail are expected in Georgia into central North Carolina, the Storm Prediction Center said in a video briefing on Wednesday.

"The threat for tornadoes and hail will extend into portions of the Ohio Valley," the center added.

Bad weather and supercell thunderstorms are also set for North Carolina and South Carolina on Thursday.

"Threats include tornadoes, a few of which may be significant, large to very large hail, and severe wind gusts," they added.

Cities at a "moderate risk" include Columbia, Raleigh, and Charlotte, while places at a lower "enhanced risk" are Atlanta, Georgia, and Norfolk, Virginia.

The center added: "There is also a threat for damaging wind gusts from strong thunderstorms across portions of the Southeast all the way to the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio River Valley.