The death toll continues to rise in Central States flooding- according to the latest press reports.
Fourteen people died in flash floods from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin- 8 in Texas and 6 in Oklahoma- where the storm mysteriously again re-intensified into a tropical storm west of Oklahoma City early Sunday morning.
In the northern Central States- intense and repeat thunderstorms produced devastating flash-flooding in south-central and southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin. Six died in Minnesota and 2 small towns heavily damaged in Wisconsin.
Rescuers search for the missing male driver of a car swept off a creek bridge northwest of Winona.Severe thunderstorms struck eastern Nebraska last night with wind gusts as high as 82 m.p.h near Omaha.
More severe thunderstorms- with possible flash-flooding rains- are possible later today and tonight over parts of Iowa- Nebraska and Kansas.
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