Tornadoes, floods, storms hit US South

Bloomberg

For the second straight Sunday, tornadoes, thunderstorms, floods and hail hit the South with the worst sweeping across from Louisiana to Georgia, the same swath that bore the brunt of last week’s carnage.
In all, almost 12.3 million people from eastern Texas to North Carolina’s southern Atlantic shore are in harm’s way. The deadly storms could strike from Shreveport to Savannah, according to the US Storm Prediction Center. While there’s less chance the storms will hit Houston, Atlanta or New Orleans, the possibility still exists.
On top of that, a flash flood threat will rise late in the day especially from Mississippi to Georgia where watches have been issued.
The difference in this week’s storm is that the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will probably be spared.
“Folks should be weather aware today; there is a possibility of tornadoes and then possibility of flash flooding,” said Lara Pagano, a forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
A week ago, at least 30 people died when tornadoes, thunderstorm driven winds and hail crashed down across the South.