Exceptionally warm oceans, “one storm after another like a conveyor belt,” California drought are just some of the consequences of a weather phenomena called El Nino, christened as Godzilla, and it is now officially dead!
At least 52 tornadoes touched down since Tuesday. Eight people were reportedly killed due to the severe weather.
At least 13 people have died to flooding events in the state over the last week.
Flooding, tornadoes, strong winds and snow have brought life to a halt in the mid-south US, even as the weather service warned of more bad weather.
The deaths were reported across Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi where emergency was declared by the state's governor.
The southern states that were hit hard by severe storms and tornadoes have begun to clean up the mess that has been left behind.
Many places reported heavy rain and flooding on Wednesday.
Performances at the Firefly Music Festival on Saturday have been cancelled due to torrential rains.
A new study has shown that golden winged warblers can detect infrasound produced by tornadoes.
