Two youngsters died after a tree fell on their car while a boy drowned in a drainage canal and a woman was killed by debris.
At least four people have reportedly been killed, including three children, in powerful storms that hit the southern United States, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall.
A three-year-old and an eight-year-old died after a tree fell onto the back of their family car in Lufkin, Texas, NBC News said. Their parents who were in the front were uninjured,
In West Monroe, Louisiana, a 13-year-old boy drowned in a drainage canal in what officials believe was a weather-related incident, the report said.
Streets had been closed in the city and a flood warning was issued for the area.
A fourth person who died in the storms was a woman killed by weather-related debris near Weches in Houston County, Texas.
