In addition to a tree from a neighbor's yard falling on their south Jackson, Miss., house, heavy rain caused flooding around the home of the Brown-Rankin family, May 13, 2024. (Lauren Witte/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
People survey damage near an overturned camper trailer resting against an RV Tuesday, May 14, 2024, following severe weather on Monday night on Paul Road in Cecilia, La. (Leslie Westbrook/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Storms that slammed several Southern states added to the region's recent string of weather-related destruction and death, including that of a Louisiana woman who was nine months pregnant.
The woman was killed after knocked a tree into a home in West Baton Rouge Parish, officials said.
Kristin Browning, 31, was nine months pregnant, and her unborn child did not survive. Browning’s husband and her 5-year-old daughter were also injured but were expected to survive.
Another death happened near the Louisiana town of Henderson, authorities said on social media. A tornado appeared to have struck the area, but officials gave no details on how the person died. Henderson is about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of New Orleans.
In Mississippi, one person was killed in Wilkinson County during storms that hit the area Sunday and Monday, officials announced Tuesday. Details were not immediately available.
The storms tore through many during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. At least 267 tornadoes were confirmed by the ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ Weather Service from April 25 through May 10.
Florida and parts of south Georgia were again under the threat of severe weather Tuesday, with tornadoes still possible, according to the national Storm Prediction Center. Another area at risk of storms Tuesday covered parts of Tennessee, north Georgia and north Alabama.
In Oklahoma, authorities said they found a man's body in an area where they were searching for one missing since . The Osage County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the man’s body was found in a creek Saturday afternoon. The statement did not identify the man.
Authorities previously said one person was killed in the twister, which the weather service reported had winds as fast as 175 mph (282 kph).
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