More storms target central US, including areas hit by recent tornadoes

Areas at risk of thunderstorms include communities in Kentucky and Missouri that were hit by Friday’s tornadoes

Melvin Brocl saves items from what is left of family friend Edwina Wilson’s destroyed home. Picture: AP/Carolyn Kaster

More severe storms were expected to roll across the central US this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people and a devastating Kentucky tornado.

The National Weather Service said a “multitude of hazardous weather” would impact the US over the next several days — from thunderstorms and potentially baseball-sized hail on the Plains, to heavy mountain snow in the West and dangerous heat in the South.