NU Online News Service, Dec. 1, 3:52 p.m. EST

A powerful storm system ripped across the South on Monday into Tuesday, causing scores of injuries and damaging close to 100 residences.

The storm system working its way up the East Coast caused significant damage through Mississippi and Louisiana on Monday with reports of at least 17 tornadoes with winds reaching 125 mph through the two states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service.

Mississippi's Emergency Management Agency said there were a total of 31 injuries from Monday's storms and two victims remained in the hospital. A total of about 236 residences were damaged, some completely destroyed, by the tornadoes and about 30 business were also affected in 10 counties. There were also reports of numerous power outages and flooding.

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