Severe Weekend Weather Brings Flooding, Tornadoes To Central U.S.

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February 26, 2018

A resident uses a rowboat to navigate a flooded neighborhood on Feb. 22, 2018 in Lake Station, Ind. Heavy rains and snow melt have caused flooding in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and other Midwest states. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Heavy rain and melting snow is swelling rivers across the Midwest. Floods are overwhelming communities from Louisiana to Michigan, and Monday the Ohio River may breach its banks near Louisville.

Also, over the weekend, at least a dozen tornadoes touched down in parts of Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and Arkansas, leaving at least five people dead.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Mike Moore, mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana, to learn more.

This segment aired on February 26, 2018.