Severe storms are reloading across the central US this week, ushering in an active start to May. After a volatile April, an unsettled pattern is taking shape across the Midwest and South, with multiple rounds of storms expected. By midweek, millions could face threats ranging from damaging winds and large hail to tornadoes and flash flooding. Many of the same areas that were hit hard last month will be in the renewed threat zone, such as portions of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas to name a few. Just within this last month, there have been more than 260 reported tornadoes across the central US, with the highest concentration centered over the Midwest. With many of these storms in part of a multi-day stretch, they brought a full range of severe weather hazards, including large hail — some golf-ball-sized — and damaging winds, leaving communities reeling from widespread destruction. Families were displaced, structures were destroyed and a few injuries were reported, including two fatalities.…