A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses.

A Kansas highway pileup involving over 70 vehicles claimed at least eight lives, according to the state highway patrol. The severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley,

TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires this weekend, leaving at least 37 people dead.