Baku-APA. At least nine people have died and several are missing in heavy floods as freezing rain and flooding pummeled the US states of Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma, APA reports quoting Press TV.
Four people were killed in floods in North Texas, and at least five others lost their lives as a result of accidents related to ice storms in Kansas and Oklahoma, reports said on Saturday.
At least 100 crashes occurred in the Texas panhandle and south Plains through late Friday, as ice accumulated up to an inch thick in north central Oklahoma.
"It's a very dangerous situation when you get temperatures like that near freezing. The ice may look like it's just water," said Alex Sosnowski, Accuweather senior meteorologist. "The fact is when ice is near freezing, it's much slipperier than when it goes down near 20 degrees."
More than four inches (10 cm) of rain fell Friday night in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, pushing the annual rainfall total into the record books.
With the rain expected to continue throughout the weekend, northern Texas to southern Missouri remained under a flood warning.
Rescue teams have been dispatched to rescue the residents trapped in the flashfloods. High water levels have also forced the closure of several roads in northern Texas.
The situation in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is reported to be too dangerous as torrential rains are expected to continue throughout the weekend.
Freezing rain and strong winds also caused at least two fatal traffic accidents in the state of Kansas on Thursday.
The National Weather Service reported that 5.12 inches (13 cm) of rain fell Thursday through Friday, bringing this year’s total to 55.87 inches (141.9 cm) and eclipsing the previous record of 53.54 inches (135.9 cm) set in 1991.
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