At least 15 dead after severe storms hit southern states

Tornadoes mixed with heavy rainfall and flooding resulted in 15 deaths across Texas , Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky this weekend.

One tornado began in northern Texas on Saturday night. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) confirmed Sunday that seven people had died due to storm-related causes. Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington added that there were about 20 injured people, including three people trapped in the wreckage of their home. Abbott subsequently expanded a disaster proclamation to the affected county along with Denton County.

Tornadoes continued to move north and east to strike Oklahoma, where two people were killed. Arkansas was next to meet the tornado's path, where five people died. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) responded with an emergency order to authorize necessary funds for aid.

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In Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor Craig Greenberg reported that one person had died as a result of the severe weather there, as the state was still under a tornado watch Sunday. Kentucky also reported the most power outages with over 166,000 customers without power, per PowerOutage.us .

In addition to the fatalities, all the affected states reported structural damage to homes, shops, and even a lakefront marina in one case. A rough total of 440,000 customers in the storm's path saw outages.