People examine a barn owned by the Miller family that was destroyed during a storm south of Mount Olive, Miss., Monday. Heavy winds and rain caused damage throughout the southeast. Tens of thousands in Louisiana and Mississippi were without power during the height of the storm.

At least five people have been killed as severe storms moved across the southeast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

The line of severe thunderstorms spawned several possible tornadoes, and the threat continued into this morning for southern Alabama, southwest Georgia and the Florida panhandle.

Four people were killed Monday evening when a tree fell on their mobile home in Rehobeth, Ala., said Kris Ware, a spokeswoman for the Dothan Houston County Emergency Management Agency.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said in a statement on social media that the Houston County sheriff had told him about the deaths and he offered “prayers for those impacted.”

In Florida, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that 70-year-old William Patrick Corley’s body was found Monday afternoon following flooding near the Shoal River in Mossy Head. Authorities said Corley’s car was partially submerged and his body was floating face-down nearby.

The sheriff’s office said Corley’s death remained under investigation, but no foul play was suspected.

State emergency officials reported no injuries or deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi, but a trip to Walmart was memorable for some shoppers in Marksville, La., as severe weather blew out skylights in the store, sending water and glass cascading onto shoppers.

Walmart spokeswoman Erica Jones said the Arkansas-based company hopes to reopen the store today, but wasn’t sure that will happen, citing needed repairs to a natural gas line.

Storms in central Mississippi near Mendenhall and Mount Olive were preliminarily identified as tornadoes by the National Weather Service, based in part on radar signatures. Both storms damaged farm buildings and homes. Other possible tornadoes will be surveyed later.

In Louisiana, there was also relatively serious damage in some southwestern parishes. Some wind damage was also reported in Houston and throughout East Texas.

Tens of thousands lost power in Louisiana and Mississippi at the height of the storm, according to utilities.

It was the second episode of heavy rain within days for some areas.