Historic rainfall in states like Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee has left communities fighting floodwaters. There were too many Severe Thunderstorm, Tornado and Flash Flood warnings to count across the southern United States this past weekend, and now as the rainfall has ceased – for the time being – areas are know surveying the damage sustained.

Drone footage captured farm fields in Laurel County, Kentucky, fully submerged in floodwaters after severe weather.

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

Tornadoes and thunderstorms are sweeping across areas of the South and Midwest of the United States, leaving a trail of destruction and tens of thousands of homes without power. Flash flooding is expected to follow the violent storms as the National Weather Service warns of a threat to life.

NEW HAVEN, Ky.- The storm system resulted in at least 16 deaths by early Sunday, with overnight tornado and flash flood warnings setting up more severe weather that forecasters say could cause rising waterways for days to come.

These areas include Memphis and Nashville in Tennessee and London, Kentucky. Footage by Mike Hockett shows dozens of people sheltering and making their way downstairs as tornado sirens sound.

Terrifying videos of a violent tornado in Arkansas have gone viral after a stormy night in the Central and Southern U.S. that threw debris hundreds of feet into the air.The ContextThe tornadoes arrived as a powerful spring storm system swept through portions of the Lower Ohio Valley and South.

Parts of Laurel County, Kentucky, were submerged in floodwaters following heavy rainfall on Wednesday, April 3, as much of the area was put under a tornado watch.Drone footage from Johnnie Nicholson shows inundated farm fields along Terrell Creek Road.