(CNN) -- The powerful storms that pounded the South will continue Wednesday, a day after tornadoes ripped through several states.
The dangerous thunderstorms that packed house-shaking winds and left two people dead on Christmas were expected to move eastward Wednesday hitting Georgia, the Carolinas, Florida and much of the Eastern seaboard, the National Weather Service said.
Wednesday's expected severe storms are "capable of producing more widespread damaging wind gusts and have the potential for tornadoes," the weather service said.
Many in the South know all too well about tornadoes, as a slew of them turned Christmas into a fright fest.
David Saraceno spotted something ominous forming Tuesday as he sped down I-165 in Mobile County in Alabama. He was traveling with his wife and 1-year-old daughter to visit family when he saw the twister on the side of the road. His wife videotaped it.
"It looked like it was about two miles away from us," said Saraceno. "I put the pedal to the floor to try and get out of harm's way, but it seemed to be getting closer and closer."
Panicked, Saraceno got off the interstate near the town of Chickasaw, drove in a different direction and then turned around to go home. He couldn't go see family in that weather.
"We drove right back into a path of destruction," said Saraceno. "It appeared that the tornado turned and came over the interstate about three minutes away from where we would have been if I did not get off the interstate. We saw a roof that must have blown off a house. Cars were pulled to the side of the road. There was a lady whose windows were shattered. It was too close for comfort."
Saraceno was not alone. There were close to 30 tornadoes reported on Christmas, according to preliminary reports by the National Weather Service.
The severe storms left more than 190,000 people in the dark Tuesday, power companies said.
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