Flash flooding hit several Midwestern states over the weekend, submerging cars in Milwaukee and killing at least one person in eastern Nebraska, officials said.

Multiple rounds of heavy rain and severe storms are expected to bring dangerous flash flooding, large hail, and damaging winds across the Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend.

Strong and potentially destructive thunderstorms are expected to pummel parts of the Midwest, central Plains and Southeast this weekend, with heavy rainfall and flash flooding possible over the next c

More storms and flash flooding are possible today across the Midwest and even into the Plains. Places like Madison, Wisconsin, Omaha, Kansas City, and Lincoln, Nebraska, could see flash flooding through Sunday.

Large parts of the Midwest, including the city of Milwaukee, Wis., were experiencing flash flooding on Sunday as heavy rain fell across the region, prompting numerous water rescues, officials said. A strong storm dumped 5 inches to a foot of rain on the Milwaukee area Sunday morning,

Among the worst hit was the Milwaukee area, where up to 36 centimetres of rain had fallen in some areas by Sunday, according to the US National Weather Service. View on euronews