Winds of up to 120 miles per hour wreaked destruction across the county as a huge weather system battered swathes of the U.S.

A tornado tore through the Winterboro community of Talledega County, Alabama, and destroyed an old high school gymnasium when the storm catapulted a school bus onto the gym roof. The St. Clair Times reports that one local resident was killed in the EF2 tornado with winds of 120 miles per hour.

A severe weather outbreak is poised to strike the Deep South, with a high risk of violent tornadoes expected across parts of Alabama and Miss