Flood warnings remain in effect, particularly in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, according to forecasters.
Tennessee has been the hardest hit, with 10 deaths recorded in the western part of the state.
Kentucky and Missouri each report two deaths, while Arkansas, Indiana, and Mississippi each count one, with tolls that could still rise.
In Jeffersontown, Kentucky, buildings were left destroyed by a reported tornado, an AFP correspondent saw.
Photos shared on social and local media showed widespread damage from the storm across several states, with homes torn apart, toppled trees, downed power lines and overturned cars.
The National Weather Service said Sunday that "there is still some threat for heavy rainfall and flash flooding for portions of the Southeast and the Gulf Coast region going through this evening and overnight."
"Flooding has reached record levels in many communities," Kentucky's Governor Andy Beshear wrote on social media Saturday, urging residents in the state to "avoid travel, and never drive through water."
Almost 140,000 customers were without power in five affected states Sunday, according to tracking website PowerOutage.us.
Scientists say global warming is disrupting climate patterns and the water cycle, making extreme weather more frequent and ferocious.
Last year set a record for high temperatures in the United States, with the country also pummeled by a barrage of tornadoes and destructive hurricanes.
Three dead as strong winds, rain lash southern Spain
Coria Del Rio, Spain (AFP) April 4, 2025 -
Strong winds and heavy rain lashed southern Spain on Friday, killing three men in a warehouse whose roof had been blown off, officials said.
The warehouse was in a farm near Coria del Rio, a town of around 30,000 residents some 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the southern city of Seville, a spokeswoman for local emergency services said.
"The person who raised the alarm explained during the call that the roof had been blown off and the walls had been damaged," she added.
When emergency services arrived at the scene they found three people dead, she added.
The victims were between the ages of 40 and 61 who are believed to have been workers of the warehouse, a representative of Spain's central government in Seville, Francisco Toscano, told reporters at the scene.
Two of the dead were brothers, he added.
Preliminary evidence indicates the damage to the warehouse "seems to be from a tornado", Toscano said.
Spain's national weather office Aemet issued an alert for much of the southern region of Andalusia on Friday due to the risk from strong winds and heavy rainfall caused by Storm Nuria which was also affecting neighbouring Portugal.
It was the fifth storm to hit Spain since the beginning of March, which received 2.5 times the average amount of rainfall for the month this year, according to the weather office.
The storms have been blamed for a total of 10 deaths, including the three who died on Friday.
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