A powerful storm system will bring several life-threatening weather hazards to Tennessee starting Wednesday night, including the threat of flash flooding and tornados, warns the National Weather Service.

Parts of the Midwest and South faced the possibility of torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods even as many communities were still reeling from tornadoes that killed several people.

A four-day, once-in-a-generation weather event is pounding the middle of the U.S. with destructive tornadoes and life-threatening flooding.

The first round of a four-day severe weather cylce slammed into Tennessee Wednesday night into Thursday morning killing at least four people.

The first round of a four-day severe weather cylce slammed into Tennessee Wednesday night into Thursday morning killing at least four people.

Deputies received a call just before 2 a.m. Thursday, April 3, from a resident on Sweet Road, reporting that their house had been hit and people were missing.

The National Weather Service issued 728 tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings in a 24-hour period on Thursday.

A search and rescue operation was underway Friday morning in Selmer. This comes after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-3 tornado hit the Tennessee city about 100 miles east of Memphis.

A powerful storm system will bring several life-threatening weather hazards to Tennessee starting Wednesday night, including the threat of flash flooding and tornados, warns the National Weather Service.

A strong spring storm brought widespread flooding and some tornadoes to multiple states Wednesday and early Thursday.