Oklahoma floods hit by floods, one death
An Oklahoma man died Wednesday after floods swept over the state and Texas, officials said, as heavy rains hit the state and Texas, with about 16 million people under high water alerts.
The sheriff's office said the man died after his vehicle was swept off the road at about 12:30 p.m. The agent was rescued by firefighters.
“Nevertheless, despite this, despite this, people in difficulties are unable to arrive in time,” the Sheriff's Office said in a statement on social media. “Our life loss was heavy tonight and we expressed our deepest condolences to the man's family and loved ones.”
The National Weather Service said the deaths occurred on roads and other areas in the Oklahoma and Dallas area and flooded due to heavy rain caused by stagnant frontal borders.
Police said heavy rains occurred on the day after bad weather killed four people in Pennsylvania, one of whom tried to put out the covered fire and one was electrocuted.
The forecaster for the Department of Weather Services in Norman, Oklahoma said that rainfall in Wichita Falls, Texas, 2.8 inches in Lawton, Oklahoma.
About 16 million people were flooded watches or warnings in Oklahoma, Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri Wednesday afternoon, according to the Weather Service.
It said the tornado watch also covers an area of nearly 5 million people living in, from eastern Texas to northern Louisiana and much of Arkansas Wednesday afternoon.
The Weather Bureau said the biggest threats to rain are southeastern Oklahoma, northeast Texas and western Arkansas.
Norman's Weather Bureau said the biggest rainfall had moved out of southeastern Oklahoma by Wednesday afternoon, but rivers are expected to continue flooding.
In the Dallas area, there was a flood warning in Rowlett Creek near Sachs until 7:50 a.m. Thursday. The Meteorological Bureau said moderate flooding is expected.
The Weather Bureau said rainfall in the south-central U.S. is expected to end on Thursday, but the risk of thunderstorm will move to Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valley.