Up to 59 million from Texas to Michigan are under severe storm risk as heavy rains, flash flooding and strong tornadoes are forecast to hit the lower Ohio Valley and the mid-South.

A powerful, wide-reaching spring storm is threatening parts of the central and eastern US, with a life-threatening outbreak of long-lived and strong tornadoes possible in some areas. Follow here for live updates.

Severe weather tore through Southwest and Central Ohio on Sunday night, damaging homes, closing at least one school district and sending at least one child to the hospital in Columbus. At least three tornadoes touched down Sunday night in Butler and Warren counties, National Weather Service officials confirmed Monday afternoon.

The NWS confirmed Tuesday that an EF-0 tornado touched down near Napoleon, Indiana in Ripley County. The NWS confirmed the tornado caused some tree and home damage from about two miles west-southwest of Napoleon to about one mile south of Napoleon.