Four likely tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas with no deaths or injuries reported

TULSA, Okla. — (AP) — The National Weather Service on Tuesday said four likely tornadoes and possibly more touched down in northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas with no deaths or injuries reported.

Meanwhile, torrential rains in Missouri led to flash flooding responsible for three deaths.

Weather service investigators were in Muskogee, Sequoyah and Adair counties in eastern Oklahoma and Benton County in northwestern Arkansas to confirm that tornadoes struck the areas on Monday night, meteorologist Joe Sellars said.

There have been no deaths or serious injuries reported, Sellars said.

The storms struck a day after tornadoes injured at least 11 people in the Oklahoma City area in central Oklahoma.

Keli Cain, spokesperson for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, said assessments of the damage were underway, but no significant damage has been reported.

Cain said the department is working with the Oklahoma State Election Board and that the storms have not disrupted any polling places for Tuesday's election.

In Missouri, firefighters in St. Louis County were called Tuesday morning after a submerged SUV was spotted near flooded Gravois Creek, near Interstate 55. Crews broke through the sunroof and pulled out a woman, who was pronounced dead, Lemay Fire Protection District spokesman Jason Brice said.

Hours later, a man’s body was found in the same flooded creek, Brice said. Authorities were investigating how the body got there. Fire crews rescued 10 other people from flooded vehicles, Brice said.

On Monday, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers recovered a 66-year-old man’s body after a car was swept off a bridge in Ironton, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of St. Louis.

Up to 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) of rain fell over two days in parts of Missouri.

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