In 2011, water rose so rapidly that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had to blast a hole in levees along Mississippi River farmland in rural southern Missouri in a last-ditch effort to avoid an uncontrolled breach of the levees further downstream in Memphis, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.

Four years after flood waters swept through Humphreys County, killing 19 in the small town of Waverly, flash floods threaten the community once again.

A deadly spring storm spawned tornadoes and drenching thunderstorms in a swath of the U.S. stretching from Texas to Ohio in the past week, killing over a dozen people. This report produced by Jillian Kitchener.

Flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 23 people. From Texas to Ohio,

Days of unrelenting heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people worsened flooding as some rivers rose to near-record levels and inundated towns across an already saturated U.S. South and parts of the Midwest.

About 22 million people are at risk for severe storms Sunday, stretching from central North Carolina southwestward to the central Gulf Coast, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Rivers rose and flooding worsened Sunday across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people. From Texas to Ohio, utilities scrambled to shut off power and gas, while cities closed roads and deployed sandbags to protect homes and businesses.

Rising river levels in Kentucky are prompting evacuations and warnings to move to safer ground with water rescues under way in flooded areas.

High floodwaters and severe weather led to several fatalities and destroyed homes across the mid-south region as local governments work to curb flooding.

Weekend rain in Kentucky resulted in flooding that killed two people. This follows several storms in the South and Midwest that led to a dozen deaths. In Kentucky, two of its rivers, the Kentucky and Green,

See photos and video of flooding across Kentucky, including Frankfort, Owen County, Pendleton County, Woodford County, Mercer County and Lincoln County.