The National Weather Service said a “multitude of hazardous weather” would impact the U.S. over the next several days — from thunderstorms and potentially baseball-sized hail on the Plains, to heavy mountain snow in the West and dangerous heat in the South.

Residents in Kentucky and Missouri are digging through tornado-stricken neighborhoods and clearing debris after severe storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South and left more than two dozen

The National Weather Service said, based on preliminary information, the tornado that slammed into St. Louis was at least an EF-3, with winds of up to 140 mph.

You could literally hear just things ripping in the distance, glass shattering everywhere, just roaring like a freight train."

Kentucky authorities said there were also severe injuries when a twister tore across Laurel County late Friday.