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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Flooding risk remains as storms move from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic

APTOPIX Indiana Extreme Weather Floods - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding continued to threaten a swath of the U.S. from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic Monday, extending a deadly stretch of unsettled weather.

The National Weather Service said repeated rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms would continue for one more day before a cold front sweeps the weather pattern off the East Coast on Tuesday. In the meantime, much of West Virginia, southeast Ohio and northeast Kentucky were under a flood watch through Monday evening, with high water lingering from previous storms increasing the possibility of flash flooding.

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