More than 50 million people from Mississippi to western New York are under a slight risk Monday of receiving damaging wind, large-sized hail, flash flooding and a few tornadoes.

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Over the weekend, severe weather swept across the Panhandle, New Mexico, and Oklahoma region with everything from strong winds, large hail, and several confirmed tornadoes.