Dangerous tornado strikes Mississippi

FOX Weather meteorologist Kiyana Lewis joins LiveNOW from FOX from Mississippi. Lewis reports an EF-3 tornado slammed the area, causing severe damage.

More severe weather expected amid deadly outbreak

More severe weather is expected across the South and Midwest after the deadly storm outbreak. At least seven people are known to have died, five in Tennessee, one in Indiana and one in Missouri and 13 have been injured as severe weather caused devastation across a huge swath of the country from the Midwest to the mid-South. Krissy Hurley, the Meteorologist-In-Charge with the National Weather Service in Nashville joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to break down what happens next.

Several killed after tornado outbreak

In the past 24 hours, a deadly tornado outbreak has killed at least seven people across the South and Midwest, with multiple states, including Tennessee, Missouri, and Indiana experiencing severe damage and flooding. FOX Weather's Kiyana Lewis joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall with an update on the conditions in Memphis.

Metro Detroit experiencing widespread flooding

People across metro Detroit are waking up to flooded streets and water in their basements. The storms brought record rain to our region, overwhelming the drainage systems. FOX 2 Detroit's Camille Amiri is has the latest from a flooded neighborhood.

Tornadoes, severe storms slam America's heartland

A tornado outbreak is unfolding Wednesday for parts of the lower Mississippi Valley into the mid-South and lower Ohio Valley, including the threat of multiple long-track EF-3 or stronger tornadoes. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) upgraded portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi to a rare Level 5 out of 5 "high risk" of severe weather. A massive tornado was spotted by FOX Weather Storm Tracker Brandon Copic as it roared near Lake City, Arkansas. Authorities issued a Tornado Emergency ? the most dire of tornado alerts ? for towns in the path of the storm, such as Leachville and Monette. Copic urged people in the warning area to get to safety.

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Weather forecasters often use terms like "100-year" or "500-year" floods. Here’s what those terms really mean and why these extreme events are happening more frequently.