The National Weather Service forecast calls for moderate to major flooding for areas in Central and Western Kentucky.

Intense thunderstorms are expected to unleash rounds of heavy rain that could bring dangerous flooding to tens of millions of people in the central and eastern US this week.

With rising temperatures, the atmosphere can hold more moisture, meaning precipitation has a tendency to fall at more extreme levels.

The entire Miami Valley is currently under an Enhanced Risk (Level 3) of severe weather, which means scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are possible. This risk is the highest the Miami Valley has been placed under this year, according to Storm Center 7 Weather Specialist Nick Dunn.

A rainfall rate of 0.30 inches or more per hour is considered heavy rain, according to the American Meteorological Society. When meteorologists say rainfall is falling at an inch or more per hour ...

Heavy rains in Clarksville, Tennessee, have upended life in the town as flood waters cut of entire neighborhoods, close roads. Here's what to know.

The heavy rain will occur in concert with a major severe weather outbreak that's forecast for Wednesday in the central U.S., one that's prompted a rare "high risk" category for the mid-South, including the Memphis metro area. All forms of severe weather are possible in this outbreak, including "numerous tornadoes," the Storm Prediction Center said.

Indianapolis has picked up 4.7″ of rain in a 4-day span. We will continue to see steady showers push through Central Indiana well into the evening hours. Temps will