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More than 60 million people from Atlanta to Philadelphia face the threat of severe storms Monday

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According to CNN, more than 60 million people from Atlanta to Philadelphia face the threat of severe storms Monday, days after a deadly tornado outbreak killed seven people in Iowa.

Other cities that could see severe weather include Washington, DC, Baltimore and Nashville, said CNN meteorologist Haley Brink, adding the main threats include isolated tornadoes and damaging winds.

Tornado warnings were also issued in Arkansas late Sunday and early Monday. A spokesperson for the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management said there was tornado damage and multiple downed power lines near the Martin Township area, about 70 miles northwest of downtown Little Rock, with one injury reported.

A family was reported to be trapped in their storm shelter but were later able to be helped and are safe, according to the agency.

The Pope County Office of Emergency Management in northwest Arkansas asked people to avoid the area “as emergency responders and other officials work in the area to clean up and check on residents.”

Heavy rain will also accompany Monday’s storms, especially across the Ohio River Valley, with the potential for rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour, she said. Flood watches have been issued for parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, and soil in the area is already saturated from heavy rain over the last two weeks. Any additional rain will make ongoing river flooding worse, Brink said.

As these large swathes of the country brace for the potential of more severe weather, recovery efforts remain ongoing in Iowa, where several tornadoes touched down near Des Moines Saturday. Seven people, including two children, died in the storms, officials said.

Six Madison County residents were killed, according to county Emergency Management Director Diogenes Ayala. The oldest victim was 72 years old and the youngest was aged 2, Ayala said at a news conference in Winterset Sunday afternoon. He had earlier said there were two victims under 5.

A person in a rural area near the Lucas County city of Chariton was also killed, an official said.

Six people in Madison County were being treated for injuries sustained in the tornado, according to officials. Ayala previously said one adult had life-threatening injuries and three others had been hospitalized in serious condition.

“This is, I think, the worst anyone has seen in quite a long time,” Ayala said Sunday.

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