U.S. Braces for More Tornadoes and Flooding After Deadly Weekend

After deadly tornadoes swept through Oklahoma and Arkansas, this weekend the threat for significant tornadoes shifts slightly to the east into Monday night, putting cities from Huntsville, Ala. to Memphis, Tenn. at risk

There may not be as many storms as there were on Sunday, when a long-track tornado, which may have been multiple tornadoes from the same parent thunderstorm, caused widespread destruction in the towns of Mayflower and Vilonia, Ark. The death toll from Sunday's tornadoes stands at 17

Luckily, central Arkansas is not in the crosshairs for tornadoes again on Monday. Instead, the Storm Prediction Center, which is the branch of the National Weather Service tasked with issuing tornado watches, has identified northern and central Mississippi, northwest Alabama, western and middle Tennessee, and far northeast Louisiana as the areas most likely to see a few intense tornadoes Read more...