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Severe weather threat continues across US; flash flooding kills at least 8  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

A Utah fire captain, his wife and three sons were among those killed. Severe weather, including thunderstorms packing damaging winds and heavy rain, are expected Sunday from Southern Virginia to northern Georgia following flash flooding in recent days that killed at least eight people across the United States. The cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia, as well as Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, are in the path of the storms forecast for Sunday afternoon, while central and eastern North Carolina are bracing for possible flooding. Severe thunderstorms, including damaging winds and large hail, are also likely across parts of the Dakotas and Western Minnesota on Sunday afternoon and into the evening.

Parts of the Southwest are also expecting widespread thunderstorms and torrential downpours on Sunday afternoon as monsoonal moisture continues across the region. Flash flooding is possible in some areas of the Southwest, where rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are possible. More than a thousand flights were canceled on Sunday as airlines worked to recover operations following Saturday's thunderstorms, which affected travel in the Northeast. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also warned of possible flight delays on Sunday evening due to the thunderstorms in the Southeast. The severe weather comes after the Northeast received a heavy soaking on Saturday. Torrential rain transformed some streets in