devastating scale of tornadoes with such strong winds. and again, widespread across portions of the southern u.s. and a lot of these happening in very quick succession. you see one tornado move overhead, another one back behind it coming in. the one with the widest track at this point, national weather service estimates put 65 miles on the ground for one particular tornado. a wedge tornado, which is essentially about a half a mile wide, highest point there. and some 165-mile-per-hour winds at its maximum categorized as an efp. you take a look, the beginning of the season is right now and of course we're still on the tail end of the winter season but on average the month of march across the u.s. brings 78 tornadoes. we pick up 36 in one day on the first week. certainly going to be concerning. you notice the intensity, significance of the tornadoes also pick up from april into may and eventually into june as well. the severe storms, they're all beginning to push offshore right now. upwards of almost 10,000 lightning strikes in the past 24 hours across the southern u.s. associated with these storms.