Tornadoes touch down in Midwest with millions at severe weather risk for weekend

Apparent tornadoes touched down in the Midwest on Friday and a weekend flooding risk remains as roller-coaster weather sweeps the country, with some states experiencing summer-like temperatures in the middle of spring

Apparent tornadoes touched down in the Midwest on Friday and a weekend flooding risk remains as roller-coaster weather sweeps the country, with some states experiencing summer-like temperatures in the middle of spring.

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The Storm Prediction Center (SPC), put 38 million people from North Texas to Michigan at risk for severe weather on Friday. The greatest tornado risk is concentrated in Iowa, Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

A funnel cloud over Lena, Ill. on Friday. JCWIFIThe National Weather Service warned of possible flooding from heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across parts of Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas. And in the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes region, as many as 12 million people were warned of severe thunderstorms.