Three people are confirmed dead and several others have been injured as powerful storms smashed into buildings, downed trees and left a trail of destruction around the US Deep South on Monday.

Theunis Wessels is a man who must be getting used to being at the centre of a storm, writes Breda Graham.

Fatalities have been reported after a tornado hit a small city in east Texas, authorities said.

A tornado has overturned a mobile home in Louisiana, killing a mother and her three-year-old daughter as a storm system with hurricane-force winds crawled across the Deep South, damaging homes and businesses.

Rescuers in China are searching for survivors of a tornado and hailstorm that killed nearly 100 people as it churned through farms and factories on the outskirts of a major eastern city.

A powerful tornado has struck the outskirts of an eastern Chinese city, killing at least 78 people and destroying buildings, smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their roofs.

It’s coming!

Watch as a tornado destroys a shoe shop in Dolores, Uruguay.

At least seven people have been injured in severe storms in Oklahoma that included several tornados.

At least four people have been killed in the US as storm systems ravaged the East Coast and the Mid West.

Tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area have caused substantial damage, leaving at least 11 people dead and dozens of people injured.

The death toll from a tornado that ripped through the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Acuna has risen to 14 after searchers found the body of a baby.

17 people have died and more than a dozen others are missing after flash flooding and tornadoes ripped through towns on the US-Mexico border.

A low-force tornado shocked beachgoers in Florida yesterday when it pulled an inflatable bouncy castle into the air - with children still inside.

A low-force tornado shocked beachgoers in Florida yesterday when it pulled an inflatable bouncy castle into the air - with children still inside.

A tornado has raged through the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Acuna, killing at least 10 people, destroying homes and upending cars and other vehicles.

Nature is awesome.

A tornado has caused widespread damage in a small town in north-eastern Germany, ripping off most of a church roof and covering streets in debris.

Damn, nature.

A farmer burning crops in Missouri, USA, found himself the temporary owner of an impressive "firenado" - a spire of twirling flame and wind.

Met Éireann says it has received reports of a small tornado in Co Roscommon as stormy weather conditions continue to affect the country, leaving thousands without power.

A 'twister' caused “havoc” when it ripped through a the centre of a pretty town in England, authorities said.