(250407) -- FRANKFORT (U.S.), April 7, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 7, 2025 shows a waterlogged area in Frankfort, Kentucky, the United States. At least 21 people have been killed amid fierce storms battering parts of the U.S. Midwest and South with major flooding and powerful tornadoes since Wednesday, according to local media reports on Monday. Overall, the death toll stood at 10 in Tennessee, three in Missouri, two each in Kentucky, Georgia and Indiana, and one each in Arkansas and Mississippi, said an NBC News report. (Photo by Wang Changzheng/Xinhua)