In the Midwest, about 88,000 homes and businesses in Illinois and Missouri were still without electricity days after a wave of deadly storms.
Progress in restoring power had been made, but Ameren said the number of customers without power rose Friday, to 570,000, with a new wave of storms.
The recent flooding has been responsible for at least three deaths in Arkansas, bringing to 18 the toll of people who have died in the state since a wave of heavy rains and storms came through on April 23.
They captured Ramadi, in Iraq, by crippling the Iraqi military's resolve through a wave of suicide attacks, before storming the city.
Ms. Cooke, who said her husband had been skiing the backcountry for 30 years, has not felt right going out since the last big wave of storms and said she would probably just wait a bit longer still, until she and her husband were sure.
The night of the storm, a wave of water entered Hnin Se's small house and destroyed her books.
Although 17 states were under some kind of weather threat, the heart of the first wave of storms zeroed in on southern Indiana, northern Alabama and sections of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Although 17 states were under some kind of weather threat on Friday, the heart of the first wave of storms struck southern Indiana, northern Alabama and sections of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Film-makers often allude to the sensory powers of elephants; here, their ability to pick up the infrasonic sound waves of storms up to 500 miles away was clearly demonstrated.
A second wave of marines stormed in, killing those in their way, he said.
