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

Severe storms damaged homes, businesses, and power lines across Oklahoma, with the worst impacts in Pittsburg and Muskogee counties.

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.

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

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.

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — National Weather Service (NWS) teams are surveying possible tornado damage left in the wake of severe storms that hit parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma on May 19. The organization confirmed on Tuesday that multiple tornadoes did occur a day prior and that the surveys will take time.

Nonstop severe weather that spawned dozens of tornadoes and killed 28 people in recent days is in its final stretch Tuesday, but millions in the eastern half of the United States are still in the path of dangerous storms.

The National Weather Service encourages people to have multiple ways of being warned, which can include weather radios, a cellphone app or other methods

Instead of parking beneath an overpass, experts recommend exiting the highway to find more suitable shelter. Should you find yourself stuck in traffic, NOAA says you may need to park your car safely, get out, and find a sturdy building for shelter.

Much of the state, including Oklahoma City, Stillwater, Ardmore, and Ada, is expected to experience a moderate risk of tornadoes, which is the second-highest severity. Storms could produce softball-sized hail and wind speeds could top 80 mph,