tktk flooding

An outbreak of extreme weather has roiled the country with deadly dust storms in the plains and hundreds of tornadoes across the eastern U.S. over the past few weeks.

Now, heavy rainfall across parts of the South and Midwest is prompting comparisons with some of the worst flooding on record for the region.

Very moist air from the record-warm Gulf of Mexico is being drawn northward into a stalled frontal system creating a perfect recipe for torrential rains. Parts of the Ohio...