Woman dies after tree falls on her car during Saturday's severe weather in St. Louis

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Severe weather continues to affect millions across the US Sunday, one day after a woman died in St. Louis when a tree fell on her car during a bad storm.

The 33-year-old woman, who was in her parked vehicle, was pronounced dead Saturday, St. Louis Police Sgt. Charles Wall told CNN. There were at least eight reports of hail in Missouri on Saturday, including some reports house windows were broken by the frozen pellets, according to the National Weather Service. There were also several reports of severe wind, including in St. Louis, where large trees were uprooted, the NWS said.

Severe weather is expected to continue affecting parts of the US ahead of the Fourth of July. Over 80 million people will be under severe storms from northern Mississippi to Massachusetts Monday, with damaging wind gusts and large hail the main threats.

On Sunday morning, storms already began appearing in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Iowa. The storms are expected to continue into the overnight hours.

The weather has created challenges for Americans planning to fly for the holiday. According to the tracking website FlightAware, at least 5,020 flights into, out of, or within the United States have been delayed Sunday. At least 574 US flights were also canceled Sunday.

There were also over 280,000 homes and businesses across the East without power Sunday night, including over 57,000 customers in Kentucky and 56,000 in Missouri according to Poweroutage.us.

A flash flood warning was put into place for nearly five million people in Illinois, including residents of Chicago, due to thunderstorms and heavy rain. The rain caused delays and cancellations for some sporting events scheduled for Sunday in the Windy City: The Chicago Cubs had to push their game against the Cleveland Guardians back by several hours, and NASCAR had to alter its racing slate and truncate one of its scheduled races.

And 63 million people are under a combination of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings, with severe heat spreading from the Southwest to the Southeast. Around 70% of the country’s population, about 225 million people, will experience high temperatures above 90 degrees. And around 8% of the population, or 26 million people, will see highs above 100 degrees.