A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left two people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts of the south-central and Midwest U.

Heavy rainfall swept across north-central Texas and eastern Oklahoma, with 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimetres) falling in many areas. In Moore, a suburb south of Oklahoma City, police received dozens of reports of vehicles stranded in floodwaters.

The National Weather Service has warned of a large storm system bringing heavy rain and a threat of tornadoes to the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. Severe thunderstorms shift eastward into the Ohio Valley on Monday,

Tornadoes and flash floods killed three and damaged dozens of homes across Oklahoma and Texas as storms swept through over Easter weekend.