⛈ Severe storms pummel southern Florida, killing at least two people.

A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds ripped across the Deep South overnight — killing at least two in the Florida Panhandle, toppling trees and power lines, and leaving homes and businesses damaged as a vast weather front raced across several states.

In Florida, the Washington County Sheriff’s office said Thursday morning that two were killed and two injured when a tornado touched down in the western Florida Panhandle. The Florida Division of Emergency Management has employees in the area to help, spokesperson Samantha Bequer said.

About 185,000 customers were without electricity on Thursday morning in the wake of the storm along a band of states: Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, according to poweroutage.us.

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