Much of Louisiana is bracing for potentially damaging weather. The National Weather Service says, “Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop beginning Saturday morning and continuing into the late evening hours.

Isolated tornadoes will be possible

The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings early Saturday for areas in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Texas.

The National Weather Service warned of extreme weather across a vast swath of the country that is home to more than 100 million people.

Dozens of tornadoes are reported from thunderstorms that lit up the radar from Wisconsin to Mississippi in the early hours Saturday.