At least 27 people have been killed and dozens injured by violent tornadoes in the southern US states of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky at the end of a day of Super Tuesday nominating votes for November's presidential election.
A huge fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station in Tennessee that may have been damaged by the storms. In the same state, students were trapped under the rubble in their dormitory after a tornado made the roof cave in.
The US National Weather Service said at least six tornadoes had touched down in the 160km between Jackson and Oxford, Mississippi.
The storms killed at least 11 people in Arkansas, 13 in Tennessee and three in Kentucky, according to local authorities.
It is reported that hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power.
VOVNews/BBC
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