Tornadoes and powerful storms that swept across Mississippi in South America since late Friday (March 24) have killed at least 25 people and destroyed hundreds of homes.

Local authorities in the United States say that storms and heavy rains hit parts of the south of the country on Friday (March 3), killing at least nine people and cutting off electricity for more than a million customers.

Thousands lost power and two dozen people have been injured as Jongdari slammed into Japan with damaging winds and flooding rain.