The man was driving when he got swept away in the flooded Salinas River.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center forecast hail, flash floods and possible tornadoes in Kansas and Nebraska.
Over 100,000 people were left without electricity on Thursday, and Georgia alone had more than 30,000 people affected.
Heavy rain, tornadoes, hail and damaging wind gusts were all possible across the Gulf Coast and the Deep South on Wednesday.
Police said Kinsleigh Welty was kept in a closet that had small handprints of what appeared to be feces on the door.
The suits brought by lawmakers and police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, seek damages for harm they say they suffered that day.
The man had been fishing in the Appomattox River when he heard the gunfire, and then saw a set of headlights pull away from the water.
