Storm systems sweeping across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 23 people dead, many of them in Kentucky, where what appeared to be a devastating tornado pulverized homes and flipped over a car on an interstate.

(Reuters) -At least 14 people were killed overnight in Kentucky in the wake of severe storms and the death toll is expected to rise, Governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday, after the dangerous weather system ripped across the state and neighboring Missouri,

Storms and a potential tornado ripped through Laurel and Pulaski counties early Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people dead. See photos of the damage.