Communities from Texas to Florida began assisting survivors and cleaning up Thursday after tornadoes left scattered destruction and at least three people dead.
The National Weather Service can take days to confirm whether winds were in fact tornadoes, but the impact was clear in places like Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Three people are dead in Louisiana after tornadoes tore across the American South, destroying families' homes in the midst of holiday preparations. The storm system which had spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from east Texas to the Florida.