Severe storms are expected to hit parts of the western and southern Corn Belt and northern Delta Region this week.

Brownfield meteorologist Greg Soulje says the systems could bring multiple inches of rain as they move from the northwest to southeast.

“From Bismarck-Mandan (ND) to Rapid City, SD over to say the Corn Palace/Sioux Empire region in South Dakota and then maybe Columbia and Jefferson City, MO all the way down out of the Missouri Boot Heel and on to the northern Delta Region, plus the southeastern plains of Oklahoma and eastern Kansas.”

He says the rain should bring relief to areas in severe and extreme drought, but there is a downside.

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