Severe storms, including tornadoes, wreaked havoc across several states from Oklahoma to Indiana, resulting in destruction and at least three confirmed fatalities. The intense weather phenomenon is attributed to a combination of atmospheric instability, strong winds, and moisture from the Gulf. Warnings have been issued across many states, and the National Weather Service forecasts potentially deadly flash flooding in the coming days, with rainfall amounts reaching historic levels. Over 90 million people are under threat from this severe weather system, marking an unusually dangerous weather event for the region.
Forecasters attributed the violent weather to daytime heating combining with an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming into the nation's midsection from the Gulf.
The prolonged deluge 'is an event that happens once in a generation to once in a lifetime,' the weather service said.
More than 90 million people were at some risk of severe weather in a huge part of the nation stretching from Texas to Minnesota and Maine.
The potent storm system will bring 'significant, life-threatening flash flooding' each day through Saturday, the National Weather Service said.
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