Agency. At least 16 people have died in severe storms that have battered the Mideast region of the United States, officials said. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning on Saturday.
The storms, which have stretched from Arkansas to Ohio, have damaged buildings, flooded roads and spawned dozens of tornadoes in recent days. State officials said 10 people have died in western Tennessee.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said two people, including a child, have died in the flooding. Images shared on social and local media showed widespread damage in several states, with homes destroyed, trees downed, power lines downed and cars overturned.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of “widespread flash flooding” in parts of the Midwest through Sunday, warning of “a significant risk of life and property damage.”
The storm killed two people in Missouri and one in Indiana, according to local media and officials. A five-year-old boy was found dead in a house in Little Rock, Arkansas, the state’s emergency management agency said in a statement. .
Kentucky Governor Beshear wrote on social media on Saturday, “Flooding has reached record levels in many communities, and residents of the state are being urged to ‘stay away from travel and near water areas.'” More than 100,000 customers were without power in Arkansas and Tennessee as of Sunday morning, according to tracking website PowerOutage.com.
The NWS said moderate to severe storms were possible in parts of the Tennessee Valley and Lower Mississippi Valley on Sunday. Scientists say global warming is disrupting climate change and the water cycle, making extreme weather more frequent and severe.
Last year, the United States set a record for high temperatures, while hurricanes and devastating storms affected the country.
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