Midwest braces for a week of destructive tornadoes, hail and flood threats

A multi-day severe-weather outbreak kicked off Monday across the central U.S., spawning tornadoes and baseball‑sized hail from Kansas to Wisconsin and Michigan, with power outages and flooding concerns in the Great Lakes region. Forecasts warn that Tuesday through Friday could bring more threats from Texas to the Great Lakes—supercell storms capable of EF2–EF3 tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail—followed by a cooldown and a calmer stretch starting Sunday.