Round after round of heavy rains have pounded the central U.S., leading to rapidly rising waterways and prompting a series of flash flood emergencies Friday night in Missouri, Texas and Arkansas. Meanwhile, many communities were still reeling from tornadoes that destroyed entire neighborhoods and killed at least seven people earlier this week.

Parts of the Midwest and South are facing the possibility torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods on Friday The fresh storms come as many communities are still reeling from severe tornadoes

A deadly multi-day storm system that has unleashed tornadoes and heavy rainfall will continue to batter the Midwest and Mid-South on Friday, in what forecasters describe as a "catastrophic and potentially historic flash flood event.