Multiple people have died amid an outbreak of severe weather across the South that forecasters warn could include “violent” tornadoes, high winds, thunderstorms and flash flooding on Saturday.

Two people died and others were injured in a suspected tornado that touched down in the Bakersfield area of southern Missouri, the state’s highway patrol said early Saturday morning. Photos posted to social media show damage to buildings and a vehicle. Elsewhere in the state, officials said trees and power lines were down and structures were damaged.

In the Texas Panhandle on Friday, a dust storm caused car crashes that killed three people, NBC News and the Associated Press reported. One vehicle wreck included a pileup of 38 cars there.

Tornado watches for more than 2 million people

The National Weather Service issued tornado watches for more than 2 million people on Saturday. An “outbreak” of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms is expected through Saturday night in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, western Georgia, southern Tennessee, the Florida Panhandle and southern Arkansas.