{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"8 Dead as U.S. Prepares for Severe Storms","description":"Funnel clouds and twisters swept through Nebraska and Colorado on Monday as several other states in the country's mid-section — including flood-battered Texas — prepared for potentially powerful wind gusts, hail and heavy rain.\n\nThe forecast came after a \"siege of severe thunderstorms,\" as The Weather Channel described it, washed out bridges, swamped homes and left at least nine people dead in Texas since Friday.","author_name":"TIME's Top Stories","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/22192684/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}