The violent tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and injuring dozens more.

The National Weather Service has confirmed several EF4-strength tornadoes in outbreaks of severe weather this month, the most since 1997.

Much of the state is expected to experience a moderate risk of tornadoes with a current severe thunderstorm warning in effect.

Emergency crews have been spread out across portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma as relentless rounds of severe weather and tornadoes blasted the region on Monday, damaging homes and knocking out power.

Residents across Oklahoma experienced severe weather Monday afternoon with high winds, hail, and lightning.Several Oklahoma counties were in a tornado watch for

A pair of construction workers in St. Louis had no choice but to sit tight when a tornado, which killed five, passed through the region on May 20.

The agency’s office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as deep cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began hitting. But the weather service kept staffers on overtime Friday night to stay on top of the deadly storms, which killed nearly 20 people in the Jackson office’s forecast area.