Storm systems sweeping across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 23 people dead, many of them in Kentucky, where what appeared to be a devastating tornado pulverized homes and flipped over a car on an interstate.

(Reuters) -At least 14 people were killed overnight in Kentucky in the wake of severe storms and the death toll is expected to rise, Governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday, after the dangerous weather system ripped across the state and neighboring Missouri,

Storms that swept across part of the Midwest and South killed least 27 people including 18 in Kentucky, where another 10 were hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. A devastating tornado in Kentucky damaged homes,