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Cleanup and recovery operations are underway across the central and eastern U.S. in the wake of a powerful storm system that swept across the nation, producing violent tornadoes, a dust storm, wildfires and blizzard conditions that have left at least 40 people dead. FOX Weather's Katie Byrne joined LiveNOW from FOX with the latest.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves spoke Sunday on the deadly storms that slammed the region in recent days as at least six people have been confirmed dead in his state.

The death toll rises to 35 after a powerful storm system spawned tornadoes and dust storms. Sgt. Eddie Young with Missouri State Highway Patrol joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to explain the devastation in Missouri.

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semi tractor-trailers as a monster storm that also produced dust storms and icy conditions killed at least 33 people across the central and southern U.S. Missouri resident Dakota Henderson said he and others rescuing trapped neighbors found five bodies scattered in the debris Friday night outside what remained of his aunt’s house in hard-hit Wayne County. Scattered twisters killed at least a dozen people in the state, authorities said. The dynamic storm, earning an unusual “high risk” designation from weather forecasters, was blamed for deadly dust storms in the nation’s midsection, icy winter weather in northern parts of the country and severe thunderstorms on Sunday, including on the West Coast. Dust storms spurred by the system’s early high winds claimed almost a dozen lives on Friday. Eight people died in a Kansas highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles, according to the state highway patrol. Authorities said three people also were killed in car crashes during a dust storm in Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. LiveNow from Fox | Raw & unfiltered. Watch non-stop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation.