The death toll stands at 15, including 2 children, after violent storms ravaged the United States.

At least 15 people died, including two children, in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky after severe storms ravaged the region, spawning tornadoes and leaving hundreds of thousands without power during potentially hot weather. record.

In Texas, several tornadoes were reported across the state, including one passing through Cooke County – about 50 miles north of Dallas – killing seven people.

“All that’s left is a trail of debris. The devastation is pretty bad,” Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told the Associated Press.

About 60 to 80 people were injured at an AP Travel Stop and Shell station along I-35 after it collapsed, where dozens of people were taking shelter. These injuries are considered non-life threatening.

The sheriff confirmed that a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old were among those killed in Cooke County. The victims also included three family members who were found in a home near Valley View, a rural community near the Oklahoma border.

Damaging winds, thunderstorms and two-inch hail slammed areas of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky, leaving thousands without power.

At least five people died in Arkansas as a result of the storm – one person in Benton County, local authorities said at a news conference Sunday, two people in Marion County, the sheriff’s department, one person in Baxter County, according to the sheriff’s department. said, and a 26-year-old woman who was found outside a home in Boone County, according to AP.

In Oklahoma, at least two people were killed in Mayes County after an EF2 tornado ripped through the northeastern part of the state.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said one person died in Louisville as a result of the storm.

More severe weather is expected to hit the region throughout Sunday and move east through Memorial Day. The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings for parts of the region on Saturday, advising people to take shelter as a low pressure system collides with extreme heat.

As day broke Sunday, people across states woke up to downed power lines, destroyed businesses and homes, toppled trees and much more. Search and rescue missions are currently underway.

More than 300,000 residents in Texas, Arkansas and Kentucky were without power, according to PowerOutage.us.

The NWS Weather Prediction Center warned that the severe storms were moving east and could bring heavy rain, thunderstorms or hail to parts of the Mid-Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys on Monday .

Storms currently over the Central Plains and Ohio Valley are expected to “gain strength and coalesce into a larger complex,” according to weather warnings, while extending to parts of Missouri, Illinois, Western Kentucky and other neighboring states.

Meanwhile, dangerous and “potentially record-breaking” heat continued to batter parts of Texas, the western Gulf and southern Florida.