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At least 17 people were killed after another round of tornadoes and other severe weather hit the United States on Saturday (April 5), NBC News reports.
A majority 10 deaths were reported in Tennessee, while the latest, a 57-year-old, was reported in Missouri Sunday (April 6) morning. Severe storms produced strong winds, large hail and multiple tornadoes spanning from the lower Ohio Valley to the lower middle Mississippi Valleys on Saturday.
The severe weather threats shifted eastward on Sunday into the Central and Southern Appalachian Mountains and the Southeast, which includes areas between eastern Louisiana and eastern Tennessee, as well as Little Rock, Arkansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Indianapolis, Indiana. The severe storms occurred days after the same region was hit by overnight severe weather that led to at least 16 deaths on April 3.
"With its eastward push, moisture along and ahead of the front will become focused from the Appalachians to the Central Gulf Coast, setting the stage for intense downpours producing thunderstorms throughout the day," the weather service said via NBC News. "A broad Slight Risk (level 2/4) remains in place while a targeted Moderate Risk (level 3/4) has been introduced across central Alabama and extreme west-central Georgia."
The current storm system isn't expected to be at the same caliber of flash flooding as the one several days prior, however, is still forecast to bring heavy rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.