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Two people were killed as severe storms rattled several states. One person died in Texas floodwaters while another was killed in a Kentucky tornado.

The National Weather Service is in charge of declaring watches or warnings for thunderstorms, tornadoes and other weather emergencies. For our team of meteorologists, they expected them on Friday, but were puzzled why they weren’t there.

Storms that have focused on the south-central United States much of this week will turn their fury on part of the Atlantic Seaboard from Friday to Saturday.

Rain and thunderstorms are expected to cover much of the eastern half of the country on May 29, according to the weather service. The greatest risk for severe thunderstorms, including hail, strong winds, and potential tornadoes, centers around west-central Texas and parts of northeast Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Today: Smokey to start, smoke will shift east during the day. Mostly sunny, hot, windy and getting muggy. High 88 Wind: S 15 g25 mph

Even though the extreme nature of severe weather and tornadoes may decline into the Memorial Day weekend, there will still be significant risks to lives and property the local level.

The Memorial Day weekend kicked off with a multi-day thunderstorm and heavy rainfall system hitting the south-central part of the country, forecasters said.

A relentless stretch of severe weather that left 28 dead and unleashed destruction across the central and eastern United States in recent days isn’t letting up yet, with millions more in the path of dangerous weather this week.

By Sunday morning, North Carolina temperatures are cool in the low 50s with mostly clear skies. A few more clouds will appear by midday. Between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., there is a risk of isolated severe thunderstorms that may bring damaging wind gusts and large hail.

Although Monday kicks off with sunny skies, evening storms will arrive in parts of Central Florida in the evening. Residents along I-4, particularly in the southern and eastern regions, can expect isolated strong to severe storms. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a level 1 out of 5 threat for regions along I-4 moving eastward.

When it slammed into Earth's magnetic field, the impact triggered a severe (G4) geomagnetic storm, which in turn led to striking auroras deep into mid-latitudes.CMEs carry electrically charged atoms,