A NORTH Carolina tornado has killed three and left 10 people injured as wild weather destroyed homes.
The wind storm hit the Ocean Ridge Plantation area in Brunswick County at roughly 11.50pm.
Sheriff John W. Ingram said on Tuesday morning that the storm caused "a lot of destruction" along Highway 17.
"This is something unlike I’ve ever seen," Ingram said to reporters. "It’s going to be a long recovery process."
There was a total of four reports of tornados that spawned from Winter Storm Uri.
The storm also injured three people in Panama City, Florida, and one person in Damascus, Georgia.
At least 50 homes across the three states were destroyed, with photographs showing debris strewn across the street.
Cars also appeared to obtain damage from the deadly weather conditions.
The deadly tornado has also downed powerlines that left thousands without electricity.
Brunswick County Emergency Management said they are carrying out searches for missing people in the area.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said a new winter storm was emerging in the Southern Plains area — which includes parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
The NWS on Monday warned of an "unprecedented and expansive area of hazardous winter weather" from coast to coast, with more than 150 million Americans under winter weather advisories.
The freezing conditions have killed at least nine people and have particularly afflicted regions unaccustomed to snow and sleet.
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A ten-year-old boy who fell into a frozen pond in Tennessee and a man suffered a deadly slip on ice in Louisiana.
Two people died in separate crashed in Kentucky, including a woman whose her car collided with a semi-truck and a guard rail.
In Texas, a 78-year-old man died after falling on his lawn and getting stuck for two hours, and a homeless man died from exposure, according to reports.
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