Four injured, homes damaged in powerful storms
Alison Harkness holds her baby Cody Harkness as she looks for family photo albums among the debris that is left of her friends home that was destroyed when a tornado passed through the town on May 25, 2011 in Etna, Arkansas. The storm passed through the town damaging many of the homes as the region continues to deal with deadly tornados.
Four people were injured and almost 900 people lost electricity when fierce storms and possible tornadoes swept across America's south-east overnight.
States including Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee reported damage to property but there were no fatalities.
Waay TV reported trees were toppled, and some residents fled their homes when a mobile home was damaged in Memphis. The storm also brought down hundreds of power lines, leaving households without electricity.
Authorities from the National Weather Service said it was trying to verify reports of tornadoes associated with the front.
According to AP, the four people injured were taken to hospital, and their conditions were listed as stable.
Spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Jeff Rent, said crews would be heading out to the storm affected areas today to assess damage.
ABC News said AP reported almost 900 households lost electricity in Arkansas.
"These were severe storms that produced damaging winds," said Rent.
The National Storm Prediction Center's meteorologist, Greg Dial, said there had been reports of possible tornadoes in some parts of the country.
"Most of the tornadoes have been from extreme eastern Arkansas into northwestern and west-central Mississippi," Dial said.