Severe weather pummeling southern U.S. kills at least four people

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Four people have been killed in the torrential rain and powerful tornadoes laying waste to the South over the weekend.

The severe weather ripped homes apart and sent other structures flying through the air.

Albert Foster of Knobel, Ark., was killed Saturday when his home was blown into a nearby pond, Clay County Sheriff Terry Miller told local media.

In a Facebook post, the lawman added that many homes in northeast Arkansas had been heavily damaged by the severe weather.

Debris is strewn throughout the neighborhood in the Farmington subdivision in Clarksville, Tenn., Sunday morning after the previous day's fierce storm. (LACY ATKINS/AP)

Kentucky, where at least three people have died, saw some of the worst weather-related damage.

The roofs — and even some walls — were torn off structures throughout the state, as residents fled the killer conditions.

Authorities said Dallas Jane Combs, 79, died Saturday night when a tornado struck her home in south central Kentucky.

Combs’ husband was also injured when mighty winds blew him into the home’s basement, according to Nashville news channel WTVF. He was putting plastic along the house to block out rain at the time.

A man was killed in his car when extreme flooding washed it away in Simpson County, Ky., ABC News reported.

And firefighters in Henderson discovered a body inside a car that was submerged in a flooded ditch.

David Wright takes photos of the demolished Clarksville home on Sunday. (LACY ATKINS/AP)

Missouri and Tennessee remained on high alert Saturday as the devastating tornadoes presented a dangerous reality.

The National Weather Service’s Nashville office said it picked up traces of debris from a handful of twisters in western portions of Tennessee.

“These storms are to be taken seriously,” the office said in a tweet.