At least six people were dead and tens of thousands more were without power on Thursday after devastating storms struck the Deep South on Wednesday evening.

Officials said in statements obtained by multiple news outlets that at least three were killed and 20 injured when a tornado touched down in Onalaska, Texas, about 90 miles north of Houston. The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that a tornado had touched down in the area.

We will be sending crews tomorrow morning to survey the path of the Onalaska tornado. We will make updates as we learn more. One place to see the latest information is at https://t.co/JlIf4xup1N pic.twitter.com/8la0rwFYtT — NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) April 23, 2020

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said in a statement obtained by Reuters that the state would "continue to do everything it can to support those affected by this severe weather" and had deployed response teams to the region.

CBS News affiliate KALB in Louisiana reported that one woman died on a bridge due to unspecified causes related to Wednesday night's weather, while CNN reported that a separate tornado in Oklahoma also killed two people. Another man in Louisiana died due to floodwaters, according to The Associated Press.

"LARGE dangerous tornado south of Bromide OK moving east. Take cover now!" the NWS in Norman, Okla., Twitter account wrote early Wednesday evening, eastern time.

529pm - LARGE dangerous tornado south of Bromide OK moving east. Take cover now! — NWS Norman (@NWSNorman) April 22, 2020

NWS officials told CNN that more than two dozen tornadoes were reported Wednesday evening across the region. Tens of thousands of customers remained without power across five states Thursday morning, according to poweroutage.us.