Much of Louisiana is bracing for potentially damaging weather. The National Weather Service says, “Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop beginning Saturday morning and continuing into the late evening hours.

Isolated tornadoes will be possible

The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings early Saturday for areas in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Texas.

A powerful system of storms is sweeping across the Midwest and South, raising tornado warnings. In Texas, wildfires erupted and high winds caused three fatal crashes, officials said.