Floods struck parts of the US southern and Midwest over Easter holiday weekend.
At least two people, including children, died in Oklahoma after severe weather and flooding collided over Easter Holiday weekend in the Southern and Midwest. Police said at least two people died in Oklahoma, including children.
Flood warnings were in place throughout Oklahoma, suggesting that flooding was occurring or imminent.
The National Weather Service said Sunday that serious thunderstorms are expected from eastern Texas to southeastern Iowa and Illinois, with strong tornadoes and possible damage winds present in central Arkansas to central Missouri.
“This was a historic weather event that affected the roads and caused dozens of high water incidents,” police in Moore, Oklahoma, about 11 miles (18 km) south of Oklahoma City, said in a statement Sunday.
“One of these [the vehicles] I left the road and was swept under the bridge. At the time of the incident, all but two residents were rescued. It is a great sadness to report that two adults, a 12-year-old man, later died,” police said.
Moore authorities urged people to stay home and said they answered more than 12 calls from residents trapped in high waters late Saturday.
Tornado clocks have been issued in parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma, the National Weather Service added.
Earlier this month, a fatal spring storm created tornadoes and drenched thunderstorms in the US belt that stretched from Texas to Ohio, killing more than dozens of people in southern and Midwest states.
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