In what has already been a violent spring for severe weather, another round of severe storms hit the southern states Monday night and Tuesday morning. 

What You Need To Know

  • Severe storms caused damage across the south Monday night

  • Flooding was reported in the Florida panhandle late Monday

  • Threat for severe weather, including tornadoes, moves east into south Georgia and Florida on Tuesday

At least one person is dead in Louisiana after storms moved through the area on Monday. There were widespread reports of wind damage and three potential tornadoes in the region.

The death happened near the town of Henderson, located about 100 miles west of New Orleans. St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux and Henderson Mayor Sherbin Collette both confirmed the death on social media. They said a tornado appeared to have struck the area, but gave no details of how the person died.

A resident of Sulphur, Louisiana shows what conditions were like during Monday’s severe storms in the south.

According to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide, at least 60,000 customers in Louisiana were without power Tuesday morning.

Some of the worst weather Monday was in the Florida Panhandle. Roads flooded and stalled vehicles in Escambia County, the National Weather Service reported. There were also flash flood warnings for Alabama’s Gulf Coast, where more than 3 inches of rain had fallen.

The weather system shifts east on Tuesday, bringing the threat of severe weather to Florida and parts of south Georgia. All severe weather threats are possible, including tornadoes, says the Storm Prediction Center. Another area at risk of storms Tuesday covered parts of Tennessee, north Georgia and north Alabama.

Monday’s storms came shortly after one of the most active periods of severe weather in U.S. history, from April 25 through May 10, the National Weather Service said in a recent report. At least 267 tornadoes were confirmed by the weather service during that time, the agency said.

Among the numerous tornadoes: a pair of twisters that caused heavy damage Friday in Florida’s capital, Tallahassee. As the two tornadoes crossed the city from east to west, they damaged homes and businesses, caused a construction crane to collapse, and severely damaged the outfield fence at a baseball stadium at Florida State University, the weather service said.

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