Life-threatening storms unleash damaging hail, destructive tornadoes, torrential rain across parts of the Midwest, leaving widespread destruction

Life-threatening storms unleash damaging hail, destructive tornadoes, torrential rain across parts of the Midwest, leaving widespread destruction

Life-threatening storms erupted yesterday across the Midwest and Southern Plains, with damaging hail-some as large as a grapefruit-heavy downpours and powerful tornados in some areas, leaving widespread destruction. Now the same storm system is pushing east — from AR-LA-TX into the Mid-Atlantic — bringing another threat for severe weather today, even though the overall risk is lower.