The focus shifted Monday to repairing damage and cleaning up debris after a wave of devastating storms that swept across the South killed at least 45 people in the last few days.

The storms killed at least 45 people, including 22 in North Carolina, six in Virginia, seven in Arkansas, seven in Alabama, one in Mississippi and two in Oklahoma, authorities said.

Meanwhile, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management on Sunday reported that along with the 22 people who died, 80 North Carolinians were injured by the storms in Bertie, Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Lee and Wake counties.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center said it received reports of at least 230 tornadoes across the region during the recent storms, though some of those reports were likely sightings of the same twister.

(Source: CNN)