Flash flooding due to relentless rainfall can be life-threatening and catastrophic in some communities into this weekend, then river flooding on the major rivers could lead to weeks of inundation, great economic loss.

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A stalled atmospheric river is likely to result in multiple rounds of extreme rainfall being dumped on parts of the central US over the coming days, with forecasters warning of unprecedented flash floods.

As communities in the central United States confront the aftermath of devastating storms that have already led to fatalities and destruction, forecasters are issuing warnings of another significant threat: relentless rain expected to persist into the weekend.

Intense thunderstorms are expected to unleash rounds of heavy rain that could bring dangerous flooding to tens of millions of people in the central and eastern US this week.