Tornadoes are sweeping across areas of the South and Midwest of the United States, leaving a trail of destruction and tens of thousands of homes without power. Flash flooding is expected to follow the violent storms as the National Weather Service warns of a threat to life.

Severe storms with damaging winds, tornadoes, hail and flooding are all possible Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

The night befor the Midwest is expected to be hit by a storm, NWS ended its foreign-language translation services contract, according to Bloomberg.

A tornado watch has been issued for the entire region until midnight. This is a particularly dangerous situation (PDS).

In and around Jacksonville, the threat of severe weather is somewhat lighter. There is no tornado watch at the moment, but a wind advisory is in play for this evening and overnight into Thursday. The chance of severe weather in the area is also at 80%, but it will fall to 30% Wendesday evening, according to the National Weather Service.

The first round of a four-day severe weather cylce slammed into Tennessee Wednesday night into Thursday morning killing at least four people.

A first look at storm damage across Louisville on Thursday morning showed the utter devastation to businesses and warehouses in Kentucky's largest city.