At least 32 people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. Kansas authorities said eight people died in a highway pileup caused by a dust storm Friday

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

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that also produced dust storms and icy conditions killed at least 33 people across the central and southern U.

A monster storm across the U.S. has killed at least 17, with violent tornadoes and fires causing widespread destruction. Missouri and Arkansas are among the hardest-hit areas, with severe weather conditions affecting over 100 million people.