More severe storms were expected to roll across the central U.S. 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 U.

At least 31 million people are at risk for severe storms from central Texas to Iowa on Monday, with hazards including large hail, damaging winds and several possibly strong tornadoes.

Tornadoes and flooding will be among the hazards that threaten more than a dozen states as a new outbreak of severe weather looms early in the week.

After several days of potent and deadly storm activity, the central U.S. will remain under a heightened risk of severe weather on Monday.

ATLANTA — Volunteers from the American Red Cross are heading out from Atlanta to help those affected by severe storms in the central United States. The storms hit Kentucky and Missouri and other areas in the region on Saturday, killing more than 20 people.

At least 9 people are dead in Kentucky, 7 in Missouri and 2 in Virginia as an outbreak of severe weather takes hold of the country from the Heartland to the East Coast.

A busy stretch of severe thunderstorms is underway due to record heat and now the threats are ramping up, putting major metro areas from Chicago to Nashville under threat as the country hits the peak of tornado season.