--- description: The devastation stretched from Texas to Alabama, leaving a path of torched homes, uprooted trees, crumpled cars and downed power lines title: Severe Weather Rips Through South, Killing at Least 2 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69c2b0db972dba07/698760900b72e36b1c6db043/severe-weather-louisi_ong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Severe Weather Rips Through South, Killing at Least 2 by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 14, 2014 3:21 AM CUT  Mike Doyle jumps over a puddle while checking on a house that was damaged in the storm in Monroe, La., on Oct. 13, 2014 Mike Doyle jumps over a puddle while checking on a house that was damaged in the storm in Monroe, La., on Oct. 13, 2014Henrietta Wildsmith—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 14, 2014 3:21 AM CUT A violent storm system wielding tornadoes, high winds, lightning, hail and rain walloped the South and Midwest on Monday, killing at least two people, according to authorities. The devastation stretched from Texas to Alabama, leaving a path of torched homes, uprooted trees, crumpled cars and downed power lines. The dead included a 33-year-old former Marine whose Arkansas home was hit by a tornado and a 75-year-old woman in Alabama whose home was crushed by a tree, The Weather Channel reported. Other tornadoes were reported in Missouri, where Game 4 of the American League … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News ](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/severe-weather-rips-through-south-killing-least-two-n224471?cid=par-time-article%5F20141014 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3504369/weather-texas-alabama-tornado-storms/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3504369/weather-texas-alabama-tornado-storms/"},"headline":"Severe Weather Rips Through South, Killing at Least 2","datePublished":"2014-10-14T03:21:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:45:49.705Z","description":"The devastation stretched from Texas to Alabama, leaving a path of torched homes, uprooted trees, crumpled cars and downed power lines","url":"https://time.com/3504369/weather-texas-alabama-tornado-storms/","keywords":["weather","U.S."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69c2b0db972dba07/698760900b72e36b1c6db043/severe-weather-louisi_ong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69c2b0db972dba07/698760900b72e36b1c6db043/severe-weather-louisi_ong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Severe Weather-Louisiana","caption":"Severe Weather-Louisiana","creditText":"Henrietta Wildsmith—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3504369/weather-texas-alabama-tornado-storms/","name":"Severe Weather Rips Through South, Killing at Least 2"}}]}] ```