Severe storms threaten the South with high winds and tornadoes

Severe storms, with wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour and the risk of tornadoes, will hit much of the Southeast on Friday afternoon and into the night. People living everywhere from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean face at least some threat.

The new storm system comes just three days after another produced more than 20 reports of tornadoes from Florida to North Carolina. Security camera footage showed one of those tornadoes sending the facades of a small town's brick commercial buildings tumbling onto the street.

Friday's storms threaten the same states that were hit on Tuesday.

The chance of tornadoes and strong winds is greatest over Mississippi around noon on Friday. Forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center warn that as this storm system moves east, the tornado threat could persist in parts of Alabama and Georgia during the day and in the Carolinas on Friday evening.