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Flash floods caused by stormy rain in the US state of Missouri have killed at least five people, including two poll workers who died when their vehicles were swept away in the southern part of the state.
Up to 200 mm of rain fell over two days in parts of Missouri, leading to widespread flooding and dozens of water rescues.
It was part of a storm system that also spawned tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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In Wright County, Missouri, a county of about 19,000 residents 210 miles southeast of Kansas City, the vehicles driven by a 70-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman were swept away by floodwaters in Beaver Creek around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, the State Patrol said.
The bodies were found after more than four hours.
Wright County Clerk Loni Pedersen confirmed that both people who died were poll workers.
Three people in two other cars swept away by the fast-rising creek were able to swim to safety, the patrol said.
Two more deaths were reported in St Louis County. Firefighters were called Tuesday morning after a submerged SUV was spotted near flooded Gravois Creek, near Interstate 55.
Crews broke through the roof hatch and pulled out the woman, who was pronounced dead, Lemay Fire Protection District spokesman Jason Brice said.
Hours later, the man’s body was found in the same flooded creek, Brice said. Authorities were investigating how the body got there. Fire crews rescued 10 more people from flooded vehicles, Brice said.
On Monday, Missouri state troopers recovered the body of a 66-year-old man after his car went off a bridge in Ironton, about 90 miles south of St Louis.
The National Weather Service said four probable tornadoes, and possibly more, touched down in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas on Monday.
There were no reports of deaths or injuries from the tornado.
Keli Cain, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, said damage assessments are ongoing.
The storms hit a day after tornadoes injured at least 11 people in the Oklahoma City area of central Oklahoma.
Cain said the department has been working with the Oklahoma State Board of Elections to ensure polling places are not disrupted.
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