The strong time threatened with more than 45 million Americans on Easter Sunday, as a traitor of storm storms continued to hit parts of the South and West of the United States, causing floods and sometimes the risks of tornado to a substantial block of the country from Eastern Texas to the south -East Iowa and Illinois. In Oklahoma, people got more rain after a deluge became mortal at the beginning of the weekend.
Two people, including a child, died on Saturday night from the floods in Moore, Oklahoma, which is a suburb outside the city of Oklahoma, according to police. The adult woman and the 12 -year -old was inside a vehicle between a dozen attached to the high water, while the heavy rainfall flooded the area and, in some places, flowed up and on the sidewalks, according to the Moore Police Department.
One of the vehicles left the flooded road and was devastated under a bridge. Police said that all his occupants were rescued, except for the woman and the boy, who were later found dead.
“This was a historical meteorological event that affected the roads and gave rise to dozens of high water incidents throughout the city,” Moore police said in a statement. “The Moore Police Department would like to thank our neighboring agencies who helped rescue efforts. Our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends of victims.”
Moore police had launched the search for flooded people, sending diving teams, dirt crew and drones to sound a cove that runs under the bridge after their truck was sliding below, the CBS News subsidiary. Kwtv reported. With the vehicle fixed under the bridge and two missing occupants, the dramatic video shared by the station showed an emergency response suspended by a harness over the current current of the cove, which seems to be trying to access the truck and those above.
On Saturday there were multiple water rescues around Moore, according to KwtvHe also shared video of someone who climbed the deep water of his waist next to a submerged car in the area.
Storms were expected to devote the southern sections of Oklahoma to Sunday, where the National Meteorological Service of Norman warned of Flash floods would probably increase again Early in the morning.
Any other place, it was expected that the strong time hit parts of Eastern Texas through the Ozarks and the Mid-Mississippi Valley in the afternoon and evening, threatening portions of Arkansas and Missouri with potentially destructive winds and large squid. Storm prediction center.
Tornado clocks were in force on Sunday for parts of these two states, in addition to the Eastern Oklahoma pockets and several south -west places, central and northern Texas. In Montague County of the latter state, which is about 80 kilometers northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth, a strong storm ravaged the neighborhoods and, in several cases. CBS News Texas reported. From Saturday night, there were no injuries or damage to the houses or companies in this area, according to the station.
The forecasts have planned that the worst of the weekend storms would be reduced on Monday.