Officials confirmed Saturday at least 13 people are dead after multiple storms tore through Missouri and Arkansas.

At least 40 people have died across Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Alabama and Mississippi as powerful storm systems swept through the Midwest and the South. Adrienne Broaddus reports.

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.

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