Storms caused 38 deaths since Sunday ; 67-year-old woman killed in Florida . Tornado that struck Mayflower and Vilonia , Arkansas , Sunday was an EF-4 . Comment: Most government offices in the Florida Panhandle were closed Wednesday , as were many schools . Residents scrambled to rooftops as water rushed in . National Weather Service : The rainfall at Pensacola 's airport set a record .
Storms caused 38 deaths since Sunday ; 67-year-old woman killed in Florida . Tornado that struck Mayflower and Vilonia , Arkansas , Sunday was an EF-4 . Comment: Residents scrambled to rooftops as water rushed in . National Weather Service : The rainfall at Pensacola 's airport set a record .