A deadly tornado outbreak ripped through the South and Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, destroying homes and neighborhoods, damaging vehicles, bringing down trees and utility lines and knocking out power.

Tornadoes and violent winds flattened homes and ripped apart buildings from Oklahoma to Indiana in the first round of storms that are expected to bring record-setting rains and life-threatening flash floods across the nation's midsection in the coming days.

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Forecasters say the potent system raises the risk of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the U.S. starting Wednesday.

A tree lies on top of a damaged home where authorities say a 56-year-old man was killed during a Sunday, May 30 storm in Stockbridge Township, seen on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. The National Weather Service reported that an EF-1 tornado touched down in the area. Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com

Violent storms have cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off homes

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking another heightened threat for severe weather with the initial focus on the Texarkana region before the threat of hazardous weather expands to the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys.

Severe weather and flood risks return to Middle Tennessee Saturday after storms left five dead statewide earlier this week.