Severe Storms Result In At Least 19 Deaths Across Several States

Among those killed are a 5-year-old boy found in a storm-damaged home in Arkansas and a 9-year-old Kentucky boy.

Violent storms moved across several states in the central U.S. claiming the lives of at least 19 people.

10 of the deaths were reported in Tennessee alone. Among those killed are a 5-year-old boy found in a storm-damaged home in Arkansas and a 9-year-old Kentucky boy who was swept away by floodwaters while walking to his school bus stop.

On Sunday, a father and son were killed on a Georgia golf course when the tree they were sheltering under fell.

Over a foot of rain has fallen across the Mid-South since Wednesday where some places, including Memphis, recorded nearly an entire spring’s worth of rain in just a few days.

On Saturday, over a dozen daily rainfall records were set in Arkansas and Tennessee. The heavy rain was dumped by destructive storms that also produced tornadoes across the area.