Severe weather risk for 60million Americans as damaging winds move across US after Iowa tornado kills seven

OVER 60million Americans from Atlanta to Philadelphia are under severe weather risk as damaging winds move across the US. Monday’s bad weather system will hit the Southeast and Northeast after a tornado killed seven people in Iowa last week. Cities that could experience extreme weather include Washington, DC, Baltimore and Nashville, according to CNN meteorologist […]

OVER 60million Americans from Atlanta to Philadelphia are under severe weather risk as damaging winds move across the US.

Monday’s bad weather system will hit the Southeast and Northeast after a tornado killed seven people in Iowa last week.

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Millions of Americans from Atlanta to Philadelphia are under severe weather risk[/caption]

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Days ago, a tornado left a path of destruction in Winterset, Iowa[/caption]

Cities that could experience extreme weather include Washington, DC, Baltimore and Nashville, according to CNN meteorologist Haley Brink.

Monday’s weather threats include large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain and tornados.

The storms, especially in the Ohio River Valley, will bring in heavy rain and potential rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour.

Parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia are under flood watches.

Temperatures in the area are currently 20 to 30 degrees above average, Fox News reported.

Cold air and snow will reportedly follow the storm in parts of northern New England back into the Great Lakes.

The Northwest will then see heavy snow and very low temperatures through Tuesday.

This comes after a deadly tornado killed four members of the same family on Saturday.

Father-of-three Mike Bolger, 37, perished in the storm along with his two-year-old son, Owen, and his five-year-old daughter.

Two of their neighbors also died, according to authorities.

Bolger’s mother-in-law Melissa Bazley, 63, also died when the tornado passed through her home.

The wild weather left a path of destruction in Winterset, Iowa, tearing through multiple homes.

The storm was classified as an EF3 tornado with winds of 136-155 miles per hour leaving a 13.7 mile path of destruction, according to WHO-TV.

“This is, I think, the worst anyone has seen in quite a long time,” said Diogenes Ayala, Madison County Emergency Management Director.

Officials estimated 25-30 homes have been destroyed.

In total, seven people have died as a result of the storm.

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Father-of-three Mike Bolger, 37, perished in the storm along with his two-year-old son, Owen, and his five-year-old daughter[/caption]

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In total, seven people have died as a result of the storm in Iowa. Pictured are victims Mike Bolger and his 7-year-old daughter[/caption]