It was stated by the police that at least one person had passed away in Texas as a result of rising floodwaters. This occurred overnight when storms, flooding, and maybe tornadoes battered the Midwest and parts of the South.
In accordance with a statement released by Dallas Fire-Rescue, a boat crew located two vehicles that were submerged in water in the northern part of the city. According to the fire department, rescue workers had to wait for the water levels to decrease before they could examine a second vehicle. However, “early reports” said that two people were seen departing one of the vehicles.
“Unfortunately, once first responders were able to search the second vehicle, they discovered one adult male still inside who was pronounced dead,” said the public information officer for the department. “She was pronounced dead.” The identity of the victim has not been reported.
Stormy weather was experienced across a large region that extended all the way up to Kansas and Missouri respectively.
An elderly woman was rescued by firemen on a suburban street in Wichita, Kansas, on Tuesday. The woman’s vehicle was surrounded by several feet of rushing floodwaters, and the firefighters had to rescue her.
Wichita residents Colin Fee and Danielle Hart, who were the ones who recorded the video, stated that two people were rescued from another vehicle at the same time. In addition to the rescue, the Wichita Fire Department received 77 “submersion calls” from drivers who were trapped on Tuesday.
In the event of flooding, the fire department has asked motorists to adhere to the time-tested recommendation, which states, “Turn around, don’t drown.”
“The waters were rising, and they were getting very close to her car being completely submerged, so she just looked like she was relieved and just happy to be alive,” Hart said. “She was just happy to be alive.”
After only forty-five minutes, the couple stated that the water level had risen by several feet, and they were only given a warning “about an hour into the flood.”
On Interstate 35, a semitrailer flipped over, and users on social media tweeted photographs of a gigantic funnel cloud building overhead. At the same time, a tornado warning was issued in the vicinity of Kansas City, Missouri.
In another video, tornado sirens could be heard blasting across Kauffman Stadium, the home field of the Royals, as heavy gusts of wind and rain swept over the field.
On the social media platform TikTok, a woman revealed that she and several customers were compelled to seek sanctuary in the walk-in freezer of a Whole Foods marketplace.
The previous daily rainfall record of 2.25 inches, which was set in 2015, was shattered by the record-breaking 2.46 inches of rain that fell in Kansas City on Tuesday.
The city announced that its staff had already begun assessing the damage and collecting debris on Friday night, following the formation of its emergency operation team, which is responsible for dealing with major disasters when they occur. As of this moment, there have been no reports of injuries.
While there is a possibility of isolated thunderstorms on Wednesday, there were flash flood warnings issued for 18 million people across the state of Texas, ranging from Kansas to Texas. It is anticipated that Wednesday will bring around milder weather, but this reprieve will not last for very long.
As a result of yet another round of moderate to heavy rain, there is a possibility that severe thunderstorms will strike 33 million people across the United States on Thursday night. These individuals are located from the Great Lakes to eastern Texas.
As of Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service issued a statement that stated, “By Thursday night into Friday morning, a low pressure wave is forecast to form over the southern High Plains and then track eastward, setting the stage for a round of moderate to heavy rain and strong to severe thunderstorms to impact the south-central United States beginning Thursday night.”
