Twelve fatalities were reported in Missouri – the most of any state struck by the storm – from scattered twisters, thunderstorms and large hail that ravaged dozens of communities. “Homes and businesses have been destroyed, entire communities are without power and the road to recovery will not be easy,” Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a statement.

Thousands of power outages were reported Saturday as a deadly severe weather outbreak moved across the Midwest and South.

The death toll from the dangerous weather has risen as storms are expected to continue. NBC News' Adrienne Broaddus is in Missouri with the latest on the damages from the deadly storms.

The death toll from Saturday night’s US-UK airstrikes on multiple Yemeni cities has risen to 31, with 101 others injured, mostly women and children, the Houthi-run Health Ministry reported on Sunday.

Later in the evening, fresh strikes hit sites in the northern part of the province's namesake central city Saada, the group's northern main stronghold.

DENVER — Nearly 26 years later, the Columbine High School massacre officially claimed another life. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, in a newly completed autopsy report, ruled last month’s death of Anne Marie Hochhalter, a 43-year-old paralyzed in the 1999 shooting, was a homicide.

The death toll from a militant hijacking of a train in Pakistan's southwestern mountains has risen to 31 soldiers, staff and civilians, the military said on Friday as it accused India and Afghanistan of backing the insurgents.

The Houthi-run Health Ministry said early Sunday that the death toll had climbed to 31, including women and children. Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the ministry, said Sunday that another 101 people were wounded.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (WSIL) — The death toll from storms hitting on Friday night is now up to 11 in Missouri. At least seven of the deaths were reported in southeast Missouri, with six fatalities in Wayne County and one reported out of Butler County.