Mother Nature hasn't been kind to the United States this week, and unfortunately, things could get worse before they get better. Earlier this week, the Midwest and South was greeted with a tornado outbreak.

The severe weather stretched from Texas to Ohio, causing tornadoes and flooding across the central United States.

Tornados have been reported in at least eight states this week, after powerful storms swept across the country.

A life-threatening outbreak of long-lived and strong tornadoes is expected today in parts of the central and eastern US from a powerful, wide-reaching spring storm.

A powerful F3 tornado touched down in Hanover, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 1952, leaving a 17-mile path of destruction. The tornado, the strongest ever recorded in York County history, caused $2.5 million in damages, equivalent to about $30 million today.

According to numerous weather forecasters, the central portion of the United States is under severe threat this week of tornadoes and

The potential for a new, large area of severe weather will ramp up over the central United States this weekend, Accuweather forecasters say.

Over 30 million people from Texas to Ohio remain at risk of further severe weather, with forecasts predicting up to 15 inches of rain in some areas