4.5M at risk: Severe weather, dangerous tornadoes loom in the South on Easter Sunday

As Americans marked Easter Sunday amid the challenges of a pandemic, the South faced a new menace that could upend lives: severe weather, including possibly fierce tornadoes.

A string of severe storms was likely from Louisiana through the Tennessee Valley, the National Weather Service said, and more than 4.5 million people could be at risk. Birmingham, Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi, were particularly vulnerable, the Storm Prediction Center said.