A deadly storm will push toward the East Coast on Sunday after days of destruction from 81 tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms.

The weather cut a swathe of destruction across an area of the country that is home to more than 100 million people.

A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days is poised to move offshore into the Atlantic Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities across multiple states that were hit with violent tornadoes,