A major cross-country storm is moving east, bringing thunderstorms to the South from Texas to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day before heading to the East Coast on Wednesday.

Powerful storms that killed two people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town charged across the nation, threatening more communities Wednesday in the central to eastern United States with wide-ranging weather.

Severe weather tore across the South Tuesday with power outages, damage to homes and businesses, flight delays and a continued threat overnight. Here are our live updates as the threat moved east from Texas into Louisiana,