The NWS Raleigh NC issued an updated tornado watch at 11:20 p.m. on Sunday in effect until Monday at 1 a.m. The watch is for Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Nash, Sampson,

A tornado watch was issued by the NWS Wilmington NC on Sunday at 6:12 a.m. in effect until 2 p.m. The watch is for Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender and Robeson counties.

Amid storms that killed more than 30 in areas of the United States on Saturday, a tornado watch was issued for several areas, including far western North Carolina. The violent, deadly tornadoes were also destructive Saturday as whipping winds moved east into Kansas,

Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail are expected across the Midwest and South with the cross-country storm moving east.

Nearly 10 million people living in communities across North and South Carolina are bracing for tornadoes, as a series of deadly storms that already wreaked havoc in the South the day before is barreling toward the Eastern Seaboard.

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.