The four fatalities came as severe weather hammered much of the country from Texas to New York on Tuesday night. Wind gusts climbed over 100 mph in Texas and neared 90 mph in Missouri. Four confirmed tornadoes struck Oklahoma and Missouri, uprooting large trees, damaging buildings and destroying roofs.

At least three people were killed in Pennsylvania on Tuesday as a storm system that brought severe weather on Sunday and Monday to the central U.S. continued on its eastward trek, causing significant damage and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.