Tornadoes in Texas and Arkansas kill 5

More than two dozen tornadoes ripped through parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas on Sunday, USA Today has written quoting National Weather Service meteorologist, Greg Carbin as saying.

According to Associated Press, National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado with a preliminary EF2 rating and winds estimated at 125 mph in Nashville.

In Van, Texas, a man and a woman died and 43 people were taken to hospitals after a tornado tore through the county Sunday night.

A man died after being being swept into a ditch in Corsicana, Texas.

Earlier, a tornado in Delmont, South Dakota injured at least nine people and damaged dozens of buildings. The National Weather Service (NWS) had issued a flash flood emergency for the first time in Oklahoma City metro area.

A tornado watch has been posted in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. Weather Service expects more tornadoes possible in southern Texas and around the Great Lakes for later Monday.