Fast-moving storms pummeled parts of the Midwest on Monday with hail, strong wind, and heavy rain, flooding streets and leaving commuters in need of rescue, with more storms on the way, authorities said. More than 64 million people were at risk of severe storms into the afternoon and evening, with the St. Louis region at moderate risk for multiple long-track tornadoes and large hail, the National Weather Service said, per the AP. "The greatest area of concern is across central Missouri into southern Illinois and into southeast Missouri," Evan Bentley, a meteorologist with the weather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, posted on X.
Bentley later told reporters that temperatures near 80 degrees Fahrenheit and other factors were contributing to "atmospheric instability." Hundreds of schools in the St. Louis area closed early, and many after-school activities were canceled. Temporary afternoon tornado warnings were posted in the region as well as across the Missouri border in southwestern Illinois. We Energies in Wisconsin reported more than 40,000 power outages at homes and businesses in and around Milwaukee. The city said it had nearly 100 emergency calls for downed trees and branches. Trees uprooted by strong winds blocked streets. In Kansas City, Missouri, the fire department responded to 11 water rescues from vehicles starting at shortly before 6am, Battalion Chief Riley Nolan said in an email.
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