Yahoonews - Reuters - 10 August 2013
(Reuters) - A woman and a child have died and another woman was missing in Missouri after heavy rains triggered floods in the nation's midsection, and more rain was expected this weekend, the National Weather Service said on Thursday.
One woman was killed when her vehicle was swept away in southwest Missouri on Thursday, two days after floodwater carried off a woman and her 4-year-old son in a car in the central part of the state.
The boy died and his mother has not been found.
More than a foot of rain has fallen in parts of Missouri during the past several days, and some 6 to 12 inches have soaked parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arkansas, according to the weather service.
Rain and flash flooding throughout the five-state region have closed roads and forced residents from their homes and businesses.
