After being pummeled, Southeast US faces the threat of more storms and tornadoes

A damaged tree sits on the side of Elvis Presley Drive in Tupelo, Mississippi on May 4.

After a calm night, Tuesday brought more severe weather to the Southeast US, which has already been pummeled by deadly tornadoes.

A storm system moved out of Oklahoma and Texas — where more than 36,000 people were without power early Tuesday morning, according to PowerOutages.us — and into the Lower Ohio Valley and Tennessee area. The evening brought diminished downpours and wind gusts, but daybreak threatens to bring severe weather again.

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CNN’s Jackson Dill, Haley Brink, Joe Sutton, Hollie Silverman and Amir Vera contributed to this report.

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