Extreme winds flipped trucks and kicked up blinding dust, shutting down highways in Texas and causing issues across New Mexico and Oklahoma. With visibility near zero and conditions worsening, officials feared more pile-ups would begin to choke roadways.

ATLANTA — Several counties across metro Atlanta are opening emergency storm shelters ahead of severe storms moving in overnight. Severe Weather Team 2 has been tracking severe storms with the potential for strong tornadoes and damaging winds across north Georgia for several days and telling people to identify their safe place.

Arkansans are taking time this morning in parts of the state to check for damages and injuries following severe storms.

Numerous significant tornadoes are expected Saturday afternoon and evening, with the highest risk across several states in the Deep South, forecasters say.

The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and the south on Saturday, just a day after a massive storm in several central states.