The Southern States say "we have debris!"

In the past two days the southern states have seen violent storms spawn tornadoes that ripped through towns and killed a total of 17 people.

The CNN wire staff reported that emergency crews in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama are looking over the damage from approximately 100 tornadoes that spun off of a band of fast moving storms since Friday.

Phillip Rawls of AP News reports that seven of the dead were killed in Alabama in the latest string of tornadoes to move throught the area on Saturday.

Earlier fatalities were reported in Arkansas and Oklahoma, making this storm system the deadliest so far this season.

CNN reports again Sunday that the deadly storm systems moved East into North Carolina and Virginia, causing extensive dame and killing another 27 people, bringing the total for three days to 44 dead.