WASHINGTON, DC [US]: At least three people died on Wednesday as severe storms lashed North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee regions of the US, bringing heavy rain, winds and hail in some areas. One person died after a tree fell on a vehicle in Claiborne County, northeast Tennessee, a day after massive storms swept across the Midwest and tornadoes struck Michigan, The New York Times reported. , as the storm touched down in the area around 10 a.m. (local time). To the county's emergency management office. According to North Carolina officials, there has been one storm-related death in Gaston County. One person died in Maury County, Tennessee, after a "large and destructive" tornado near Springhill and tornadoes near Columbia on Wednesday killed one person, The New York Times reports.Rita Thompson, spokeswoman for Maury Regional Health, a hospital in Columbia, confirmed the death. Pat Woodmansey, assistant director of the county's emergency management agency, said the storm left a trail of debris and people trapped in damaged homes. Rita Thompson said two people were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries, but their injuries were not life-threatening and a fourth was in critical condition, as the storm continued across the Midwest for a third day and moved into the eastern US on Wednesday evening, The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for cities such as Alabama, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee. The weather service issued a tornado warning for Williamson County in southern Illinois after a "large and extremely dangerous tornado was confirmed" Wednesday afternoon. As of Wednesday evening, more than 40,000 customers in Tennessee were without power, The New York Times reported, citing Poweroutage.us, after a tornado was confirmed in Huntsville, Alabama, on Wednesday night.Nearly 21 million people out of five were at increased or moderate risk of severe weather — the third and fourth levels of intensity — on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service's Hurricane Prediction Center, The New York Times reports. On Wednesday, the National Weather Service office in Nashville said in a post, "Don't let your guard down!" It said, "We are in a 'calm' just ahead of the main line tonight. Our environment is very unstable so any storms that move ahead of the line this afternoon could quickly turn into severe. There are over 20 million People are in Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana and Texas, with the most intense storms expected to hit the cities of Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee. Meanwhile, about 17 million people in Texas were affected in Memphis, St. The risk of severe weather has increased in North Carolina cities including St. Louis and Little Rock.Flash flood warnings were issued for parts of Tennessee and Missouri after heavy rain. Flooding had already been reported in the city, according to forecasters, and could spread to creeks, highways and other low-lying areas, like Coal Camp and Lincoln in Missouri. Over the past two days, nearly 50 tornadoes were reported from Oklahoma to Ohio as severe storms caused damage across the Midwest. The storm caused strong winds and power outages. According to officials, the tornado damaged about 200 mobile homes and the winds were so strong that they took away some homes in Kalamazoo, southern Michigan.Authorities said at least 16 people were injured, The New York Times reported. About 50 workers were rescued from a FedEx depot center in Kalamazoo County after they were trapped inside after the building collapsed due to the tornado. Oklahoma authorities said Monday's tornado caused widespread destruction, killing one person in Barnsdall and damaging 40 homes in the small town.