At least seven tornadoes hit Alabama on Saturday, and that number will likely climb even higher later today. The National Weather Service plans to continue looking at storm damage and has several areas that will be visited by storm survey teams today (Monday).

The National Weather Service announced Sunday it found damages caused by tornadoes that happened in central Alabama on Saturday. The NWS stated there was damage consistent with at least an EF-1 tornado with winds of 90 miles per hour in the Calera area.

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

A deadly storm will push toward the East Coast on Sunday after days of destruction from 81 tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms.

"Get to the sturdiest structure you have access to and remain in place until the storms pass," the NWS told residents in Alabama on Saturday night, when multiple tornado warnings were issued. At least 250,