India, June 17 -- justify;">The National Weather Service (NWS) has predicted severe thunderstorm risk for the Midwest and lower Great Lakes on Wednesday, June 18. It added that there are chances of the thunderstorm moving towards the mid-Atlantic states by Thursday.

Starting from late Tuesday, intense thunderstorms are expected in and around the Central Plains due to a developing low-pressure wave, which could intensify by Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the heavy rain threat could come down a bit on Wednesday in the Great Lakes region, but strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop across the Midwest ahead of the cold front trailing from the intensifying low-pressure system, NWS' Weather Prediction Center said.

With the upper-level ...