If we have to go to help dry people out or if we have to take people in, we’re ready —Rev. Kathleen Wilder, Centenary United Methodist Church, St. Louis

From Oregon to Mississippi and just about everywhere in between, Spring showers turned into floods and twister damage that could take some time to clean up.

In Colorado, massive tornadoes were reported Monday afternoon on the Front Range and record rains were reported in Reno, Nevada.

According the National Weather Service, the tornado that touched down near the town of Elbert, CO, was "large and extremely dangerous." No injuries were reported, but local residents said several barns were destroyed. Elbert is about 40 miles southeast of Denver. And a microburst in Boulder sent trees crashing onto cars on a busy roadway sending at least one driver to the hospital.

Monday marked the ninth day in a row that severe weather had pelted the region.

Meanwhile, in central and southern Alabama, flash floods on Sunday, brought not only brought heavy waters, but also knocked out power to more than 37,000 customers. Alabama Power spokesman, Hallie Bradley, said they are working to restore power. According to Bradley, there is little damage to homes in the area.

However, in Olive Branch, MS, near the border with Tennessee, a tornado touched down on Friday leaving some 20 homes “seriously damaged” and many more with tattered roofs, broken windows and mangled siding. Power lines and trees were snapped in two and electric service was disrupted to thousands of customers throughout the region.

The DeSoto County branch of the American Red Cross opened two shelters in the area on Friday after the EF2 tornado pushed through, but they closed by the end of the weekend. Most of the people who sought shelter either went home the next morning after they found their homes could be repaired or they found shelter with family and friends.

According to a Red Cross spokesman, shelters are often only open a day or two because victims are encouraged to find friends or family to help house them temporarily. Those who have nowhere else to turn are given some assistance in obtaining temporary housing.

St. Louis, MO, was still looking at three inches of rain per hour falling on the area on Monday. Volunteers are filling sandbags and keeping an eye out for flash flood waters. The heavy rain there has flooded Interstate 70 and forced the closing of all westbound lanes at the 181 mile marker near Jonesburg.

Pastor Kathleen Wilder of Centenary United Methodist Church in St. Louis said her congregation is preparing for whatever needs to be done to help those in need. So far, she said, there have been few reports of damage to homes and no reports of injuries. Still, due to the repeated floods in recent years, people in the area have learned to be prepared.

“If we have to go to help dry people out or if we have to take people in, we’re ready,” she said.

Flood waters are continuing to rise from Maine to New Jersey, but there have been no reports of injuries or heavy damage to homes in those areas.

Dallas, TX, was battered by heavy thunderstorms that were accompanied by lightning and high winds last week. The storms began on Wednesday of last week and, according to Danielle McClelland, a spokesman for the city of Dallas, but they did not move through as most storms do.

“They moved in and then just parked,” she said. “Usually, a storm like this will come through and move on. That just threw everyone for a loop”

The rain did move through by the start of this week, but In its wake, streets and homes are flooded and the city is working to pump the water out, but one of their main pumps was inoperable. McClelland said they are hoping the rain holds off until they can pump the water out from this storm.

The wind caused considerable damage to a marina in nearby Fort Worth. More than $1 million dollars in damage was reported when the main building’s roof was ripped off, docks were smashed and hundreds of boats were flipped upside down.

In Idaho, flooding continued through Monday. About 25 counties in the state remained under a watch at least through Monday night.

Pat Slattery, the public affairs specialist for the National Weather Service’s Central Region, said the unsettled weather across the country is expected to continue at least for the next few days.