Floods kill five people, including elderly US election workers, as rescue efforts continue across the state

• A powerful storm system caused flash flooding across Missouri, killing at least five people, including a couple in their 70s who served as election workers
• Heavy rain dumped up to 20 centimeters in two days, leading to severe flooding, road closures and dozens of water rescues in affected provinces
• Wright and St. Louis counties saw some of the worst impacts, with multiple vehicles swept away by rapidly rising waters, tragically resulting in fatalities

A powerful storm system swept across Missouri this week, causing flash flooding that claimed the lives of at least five people peopleincluding a couple in their 70s who served as election workers.

Heavy rains flooded parts of the state, causing widespread flooding, road closures and dozens of water rescues.

Floods cause fatalities and multiple rescues

The heavy rain brought up to 8 inches of water in several Missouri counties in two days. This deluge was part of a larger storm system that also produced tornadoes in nearby Oklahoma and Arkansas, adding to the region’s weather challenges.

Wright and St. Louis counties in Missouri experienced some of the most severe impacts.

In Wright County, about 210 miles southeast of Kansas City, a 70-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman from Manes, Missouri, lost their lives early Tuesday morning.

According to the Missouri State Patrol, the couple’s vehicle was swept away by the waters of Beaver Creek around 4:30 a.m. Tragically, their bodies were discovered more than four hours later.

Wright County Clerk Loni Pedersen confirmed that both victims were local poll workers and described the loss as having a major impact on the community.

The State Patrol also reported that three people in two other vehicles were swept into the rapidly rising creek at Beaver Creek, but managed to escape by swimming to safety.

Two more fatalities were reported Tuesday morning in St. Louis County, where firefighters responded to the sighting of a submerged SUV near Gravois Creek, just off Interstate 55.

Rescue crews broke into the vehicle through the sunroof but were unable to save the woman inside, who was pronounced dead shortly after extracting it, said Jason Brice, spokesman for the Lemay Fire Protection District.

Many killed and displaced

In the meantime, Legit.ng reported that earlier Nigeria is going through a new phase of hardship due to environmental hazards caused by floods.

Legit.ng reports that many states in the country’s 36 states are currently inundated by floods.

Source: Legit.ng