Severe Weather Takes Aim at Parts of the Ohio Valley After Battering the South

Severe Weather Takes Aim at Parts of the Ohio Valley After Battering the South
Michael Bray, right, of Slidell, looks at the pine tree that fell onto his car parked in front of his home on Thursday, April 11, 2024, the day after a tornado swept through the area. Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP
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ATLANTA—Powerful storms rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, prompting a few tornado warnings, causing flash flooding, and delaying the start of one of the world’s biggest sporting events, in Georgia.

The storm system, which has already been blamed for at least one death in Mississippi, demolished buildings and flooded streets in the New Orleans area Wednesday. It continued to spawn flash flood and tornado warnings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina on Thursday.