Midwest Tornado Storm 2014 Maps and Update: 75 Million Could Have Severe Weather; Mississippi and Alabama Face Biggest Threat
Tuesday still brings danger to many Americans because of severe weather.
About 75 million people in the Great lakes, Midwest, East Coast, Gulf Coast and everywhere in between are asked to be vigilant. Maps detail that this will affect a majority of the country with Mississippi and Alabama face the biggest threat, according to CNN.
The storm is expected to go until Wednesday, and it has caused the death of 29 in six states.
There will be 37 million people who face severe weather threat on Wednesday, which will drop to 30 million by Thursday.
The storm will move toward the east and south in the following days. It will go through Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. It will end in the Carolina and mid-Atlantic on Wednesday.
Some places may not end up getting hit by tornadoes, but there will still be thunderstorms and danger of flooding.
The moisture for the following days is about 200 percent of normal, which will likely cause quick-hitting flood risk.
The National Weather Service office in Atlanta sayid that today is "one of the best scenarios this spring for severe weather and heavy rainfall."
Wednesday is the most uncertain day.
Slate said it could end up affecting most people, hitting the Carolinas, eastern Virginia and all the way up to Washington, D.C. But heavy rains as well as flooding is expected in Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York City.
On Monday, the storm hit central United States. And Sunday, Faulkner County, Ark., was the hardest hit. It tossed tractor trailers and killed 10 people in Vilonia and Mayflower. Before it hit Arkansas, people reported seeing a twister in northeast Oklahoma.
In Baxter Springs, 60-70 homes were destroyed, and the tornado was estimated to be about three blocks wide.