A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes across parts of the central United States on Wednesday and Thursday, leaving at least seven people dead as forecasters warned the unrelenting system will bring several more days of excessive rain that could trigger widespread life-threatening flash flooding.

A strong spring storm brought widespread flooding and some tornadoes to multiple states Wednesday and early Thursday.

Tornadoes on Wednesday struck the central United States, including damaging property in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana Oklahoma, with torrential rain spurring flash flooding.

It's been a long week of severe weather with a major tornado outbreak Wednesday night bringing at least 2 EF3 tornadoes.

At least six people were killed in western Tennessee, Missouri and Indiana in the first wave on Wednesday and early Thursday that spun off powerful tornadoes.

FOX Weather senior meteorologist Janice Dean and correspondent Robert Ray join 'Fox & Friends' to discuss tornadoes touching down in the Midwest as millions are being placed under warning.

Violent storms cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least two people, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off homes.

At least four people in Tennessee and Missouri were killed in the first wave of storms on Wednesday and early Thursday that spun off powerful tornadoes

(Reuters) -Tornadoes ripped across a wide swath of the central and southern United States on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and bringing down power lines and trees. The National Weather Service said there had been at least 15 reports of tornadoes in at least four states by late Wednesday.