A band of storms moved across the Eastern U.S. spawning at least 50 tornadoes, leveling buildings, and claiming dozens of lives.
Tennessee was one of the hardest hit states.
There are still dozens of people considered missing and thousands without power.
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Midwestern storms
See footage of tornadoes and the storms' aftermath.
 
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At least 7 people died in Morgan County, Tenn., northwest of Knoxville, after a tornado cut a mile and a half swath through the tiny town of Mossy Grove.
"It sounded like a locomotive came through and I thought the people were in this trailer. Right after it was hit it was very fast; maybe 10 minutes. I looked out the window and the trailer was gone and I thought they were gone," said a Morgan county resident.
The storms also hit Ohio pretty hard; Van Wert County may have seen the worst.
The most destruction occured when a roof ripped off a cinema while people were inside.
Nobody was injured.
People throughout the county can hardly believe the damage.
"When I pulled in here...I'll be straight up...this whole place was gone. There was no cops here or nothing. Trees were falling down. It was nuts. It was nothing I'd ever seen in Van Wert before. Ever," said a Van Wert County resident.
Areas of Alabama, Kentucky, and Indiana were also hit badly.
Meteorologists say the reasons for the onslaught of severe weather were a strong jet stream moving from west to east and strong surface winds moving north from the Gulf of Mexico. That resulted in wind shear causing the devastating twisters.
