At least three people have died in storms in the south

At least three people died in Tennessee and North Carolina as tornadoes and thunderstorms cut a path of destruction across the South on Wednesday.

A 22-year-old man driving in Claiborne County in northeast Tennessee was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle, officials said.

In Columbia, Tennessee, one more person died and four others were hospitalized due to the storms, CBS News reported. Weather experts believe a tornado touched down in the city about 40 miles south of Nashville.

And in North Carolina, storms knocked a tree down onto a car with two people inside, authorities said. One of the occupants was killed and the other was hospitalized after the incident in Gaston County, west of Charlotte.

According to Poweroutage.us, more than 130,000 people in the two states still had no power as of Thursday morning. The storms also caused power outages and devastated parts of Alabama and Georgia.

A tornado touched down late Wednesday in Henagar, Alabama, injuring at least two people and trapping dozens more in their homes about 40 miles east of Huntsville, according to CBS News.

Several school districts northeast of Atlanta canceled classes Thursday due to storm damage, including reports of trees falling on homes.

The severe weather was expected to continue Thursday, with tornado warnings in effect across much of Alabama and Georgia, as well as parts of South Carolina.

Storm systems have wreaked havoc across the Great Plains, Midwest and South throughout the week. On Monday, a tornado killed one person in the 1,000-person town of Barnsdall, Oklahoma. And on Tuesday, 50 people were temporarily trapped in a collapsed FedEx building in Portage, Michigan, after storms hit that city.

Since April 25, at least one tornado has been recorded in the United States every day.

With News Wire Services