At least 5 dead after dangerous flooding and storms hit Oklahoma

CNN Severe weather in Oklahoma over the weekend has left at least five people dead including a -year-old boy a -year-old girl and their mothers after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters representatives say Police in Moore about miles south of Oklahoma City released dozens of high-water incidents Sunday morning describing the severe storms as a historical weather event On Saturday police explained they responded to more than a dozen calls for help from residents whose vehicles were trapped in high water One of the Sunday incidents involved a mother and son whose carriage was washed into a creek and later wedged against a drainage pipe police stated CNN affiliate KOCO The car was supposed to be carrying a family of three police commented A third person was able to escape and was taken to the hospital in serious condition The woman and child were missing when rescuers reached the motorcycle They were uncovered after an extensive search by Moore police and neighboring agencies The principal of Apple Creek Elementary in Moore Oklahoma commented the -year-old boy was a novice there It is with profound sadness that I share the heartbreaking news that one of our sixth-grade students Rivers Bond and his mother tragically passed away during the severe flooding last night Rachel McNear announced in a letter addressed to parents provided to KOCO The mother has been identified as -year-old Erika Lott the Moore Police Department announced on Facebook A father and son in a separate conveyance that was swept away around the same time also managed to escape police notified KOCO Their conveyance briefly ended up on top of the family of three s conveyance according to KOCO Near Leonard Oklahoma about miles southeast of Tulsa a -year-old woman and her -year-old daughter were swept away by floodwaters Sunday agents revealed on social media Administration exposed the woman s body Monday morning and the daughter was uncovered later in the afternoon according to the Tulsa County Sheriff s Office Around p m Sunday the Bixby Fire Department responded to reports of an SUV caught in rushing water on private property The father and one child escaped but the woman and her younger daughter were dragged away according to Wagoner County Exigency Management Water levels were significantly higher than we ve seen in new years police recounted KOCO Flooding in the area has receded but police warned of large debris remaining on roads Farther south in Spaulding Oklahoma a tornado struck at around p m Saturday injuring two people according to Hughes County Exigency Management The storm destroyed two homes and several nearby structures One of the injured later died an official established Sunday Spaulding is around miles east of Norman Oklahoma The dangerous floodwaters in central Oklahoma also damaged at least homes according to a release from Oklahoma State Emergency Operations Center The flooding is part of severe weather that struck multiple states in the South this past weekend Storms unleashed multiple tornadoes and dumped hail bigger than baseballs in parts of the southern Plains A inadequate thunderstorms could deliver gusty winds and hail in the Southeast and Ohio Valley on Monday but will not be nearly as strong as this weekend s storms