Washington: Violent storms of the Central United States have killed at least 16 people, officials said, with a warning of national weather services on Saturday of “severe” flash floods in the coming days.

A line of severe storms spread from Arkansas to Ohio has damaged buildings, floods in roadways and dozens of storms have occurred in recent days. Tennessee was most affected by the extreme weather, state officials on Saturday that 10 people have died in the western part of the state.

According to state governor Andy Bashar, two people were killed due to floods in Kentucky, including a child who had “flowed with flood waters.” Photos shared on social and local media have caused widespread damage to the storm in several states, with houses with torn trees, droping trees, droping power lines and eliminating cars.

“Severe, widespread flash floods are expected by Sunday in some parts of the Central East region”, “The National Seasonal Service (NWS) said,” Lives and properties are in great danger. ” According to local media reports and officials, two deaths from Missouri and two related to storm in Indiana were recorded.

A five -year -old youth was found dead in a house in Arkansas, a five -year -old, Little Rock, the state emergency management agency said in a statement. Kentucky Governor Bashar wrote on social media on Saturday that residents in the state have been urged to “avoid travel, and go through water.” According to the tracking website, Portage.com, more than 100,000 users were without electricity in Arkansas and Tennessee by early Sunday.

On Saturday, the NWS said that with a “severe storm storm” on Sunday, there could be a moderate storm in parts of the Tennessee Valley and the lower Mississippi Valley on Sunday. Scientists say global warming is disrupting climate patterns and water cycles, making the weather more often and more powerful.