An unabated wave of severe storms is continuing its onslaught on states like Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Indiana, unleashing life-threatening flash flooding, tornadoes and widespread damage.

Hundreds of thousands of customers were without power across the Midwest on Monday after deadly, severe weather battered the region on Sunday.

Life-threatening flash flooding will continue and major river flooding will develop from the South into the Ohio Valley this weekend. Severe storms could also produce tornadoes, wind damage and large hail,

Any storm that becomes severe could produce damaging winds up to 60 mph, large hail up to quarters, and an isolated tornado.

DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Waterlogged communities from Texas to Ohio woke up Sunday to rising rivers and more flooding, threatening large areas of the U.S. South and Midwest already badly damaged in recent days by severe storms that killed at least 16 people.

A storm system sweeping over large areas of the U.S. South and Midwest has resulted in at least 16 weather-related deaths, with overnight tornado and flash flood warnings setting up more severe weather that forecasters say could cause rising

About 22 million people are at risk for severe storms Sunday, stretching from central North Carolina southwestward to the central Gulf Coast, according to the Storm Prediction Center.