Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee is tracking relentless rain and flash flooding across the Northeast, where entire neighborhoods have been submerged and urgent rescues have taken place.
A severe storm in Colorado dropped heavy rain and hail that combined into towering mounds. Snowplow crews were called in to clear the hail-covered roads in Douglas County.
The storms bring the possibility of dangerous thunderstorms, large hail and damaging winds. More than 50 reported tornadoes tore across the Midwest, killing three.
Study co-author John Allen, a meteorology professor at Central Michigan University, is concerned "because we’re not really building our environment to be resilient to hail."
A series of storms, including supercells, threatens to dump rain, hail and create a tornado risk for a vast section of the country. The most severe weather is expected on Monday.
Lawsuits allege that State Farm tries to avoid paying what it owes for hail damage. The litigation is happening as homeowners face soaring insurance costs, partly due to threats from climate change.