Close to 20 people have died in a serious storm in the United States this week. There were severe storms in the United States this week. Heavy rainfall, major wind and tornados impacted much of the country this weekend,

Significant severe weather and life-threatening flash flooding continue to impact much of the mid-South up through the Ohio River Valley.

At least 16 people are believed to have died after tornadoes, heavy rain and flash flooding battered parts of the South and Midwest in the United States. Among them was a 9-year-old boy, who was swept away while walking to a school bus stop in Kentucky on April 4.