Significant severe weather and life-threatening flash flooding continue to impact much of the mid-South up through the Ohio River Valley.

At least 16 people have been killed in a wide swath of violent storms, flooding and tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest

Heavy rains and flash flood blasts through multiple states, forcing urgent rescues. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa reports from hard hit Tennessee.

Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already damaged by days of storms that have killed at least 18 people.

Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding came Saturday for parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned deadly tornadoes.

A storm system sweeping over large areas of the U.S. South and Midwest has resulted in at least 16 weather-related deaths, with overnight tornado and flash flood warnings setting up more severe weather.

An unabated wave of severe storms is continuing its onslaught on states like Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Indiana, unleashing life-threatening flash flooding, tornadoes and widespread damage.

At least 16 people are believed to have died after tornadoes, heavy rain and flash flooding battered parts of the South and Midwest in the United States. Among them was a 9-year-old boy, who was swept away while walking to a school bus stop in Kentucky on April 4.

Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital.