Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

The deadly storm system arrived on the East Coast on Sunday after thunderstorms and tornadoes swept through the South and Midwest.

A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days is poised to move offshore into the Atlantic Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities across multiple states that were hit with violent tornadoes,

The dynamic storm from Friday through Sunday had earned an unusual “high risk” designation from weather forecasters.

Residents are surveying damage from unusually vicious weather in multiple U.S. states where violent twisters, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires decimated entire neighborhoods.