At least one person has died in southwest Oklahoma after sudden floods arrived in the region, and the authorities warn people who stay away from the roads as they continue warnings of severe climate.
“Emergency responders reported witnessing a vehicle in stagnant water today,” said Lawton Police Department in a statement on Saturday. “The responders could not reach the submerged vehicle safely.”
Research on death is ongoing, authorities said on Saturday. The diving team helped in the recovery of the victim and the family has been notified, authorities said. The victim’s identity has not been launched.
The governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, expressed his gratitude for the first to respond that helped water rescue on Saturday, but urged the Oklahomans to stay safe.
“Thanks to our wonderful lifeguards who have been executing water rescue all day due to the floods of heavy rains,” he wrote in a publication on Saturday X. “Oklahomans, be careful when driving and does not try to drive down the roads flooded. Keep the conscious climate!”
Lawton City officials said the water began to go back in some areas on Sunday afternoon.
Further south in Walters, Oklahoma, Cotton Cotton Cotton emergency management issued a public notice that urged all residents to evacuate flooding areas.
The waters of the floods are expected to rise until Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Emergency management is working to ensure more sand and sand bags for residents.
Throughout the southwest and the rocky mountains, the extremely critical climatic conditions continue on Sunday afternoon due to 60 mph wind bursts, relative humidity of a single digit and dry vegetation. Around 7 million people will be alert throughout Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas.
The additional severe climatic risks cover from Montana to Texas, with storms capable of producing winds of up to 70 mph, large hail and potentially tornadoes during the night on Sunday.
On Monday, 36 million people from Texas to Michigan will be in the severe climate region, including the main cities of Minneapolis, Chicago and Oklahoma City.
The strongest storms will be at the end of the afternoon and will continue during the night, with the potential of intense tornadoes, very large hail and powerful winding bursts. Located sudden floods can occur in the central region of the country.
The risk will decrease before Tuesday as it moves north to New York, when 37 million will be under a slight risk of severe climate in metropolitan areas such as Indianapolis, Oklahoma City and Cleveland. As the front travels east, strong to severe thunderstorms can occur with strong bursts of wind, hail and an isolated tornado.
As the week continues, there will be a moderate risk in parts of the upper west.
