Severe storms batter Midwest, bringing rain, hail

A wave of severe storms will sweep through the Midwest and Northern Plains midweek, bringing the risk of severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, flash flooding and tornadoes to the region.

The storm will hit swaths of the Ohio, Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys on Tuesday afternoon, exposing more than 18 million people in Tennessee, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa to severe thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service slight risk. More than 19 million people are also at slight risk from tornadoes, the agency said.

According to AccuWeather, “heavy downpours” are possible in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys as a storm complex moves into the region Monday night.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines said on the 10th that thunderstorms that hit Iowa on Tuesday and Wednesday may have a “severe possibility.” /hour damaging winds and large hail.

Authorities in Madison County, Iowa, about 40 miles southwest of Des Moines, warned residents that the area would be under a thunderstorm watch until 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to a Facebook post. “The wind is moving fast and will be moving out of here soon,” they wrote.