Missouri Couple Die in Flash Floods on Their Way to Work Election Day Polls
"This couple were wonderful people who donated their time to serve their community," said Wright County Clerk Loni Pedersen
Missouri Flash Floods Blamed For Five Deaths, Including Two Poll Workers
The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.A couple in their 70s who served as election poll workers were among at least five people killed in Missouri after torrential rains caused flash flooding across the state.
At least 3 killed in flooding from heavy rain in Missouri, including 2 poll workers
At least three people drowned in Missouri, including two poll workers, from flooding caused by heavy rains that hit ... “into the water earlier in the morning during the height of the flash flood,” county police said in a release, without elaborating.
Flash floods claim 5 lives in Missouri, including 2 poll workers
At least three people were killed Tuesday after torrential rainfall led to flash flooding in central and eastern Missouri, impacting transportation and making it challenging for some voters to reach their polling place.
5 people killed in flash flooding in southern Missouri
Five people were killed in flash flooding in Missouri on Monday and Tuesday, including an elderly couple who served as poll workers. Around eight inches of rain fell in parts of southern Missouri across the two days, causing streams and rivers to overflow their banks and cover roadways in water.
Flooding in Missouri Kills at Least 5, Including 2 Poll Workers
The governor activated emergency operations procedures after the deaths on Tuesday after days of heavy rainfall, flash flooding and tornadoes.
At least 4, including poll workers, die in Missouri flooding
Four people died in Missouri, including two poll workers, from flooding around the state on Tuesday. Two Wright County poll workers died on Election Day after floodwaters swept their vehicle and two others off State Route H near Beaver Creek in Wright County,
Married poll workers drown in Missouri floods on way to election site
A Missouri couple died on Tuesday in flash floods while driving to a voting site. They were two of five people who lost their lives in rising waters on Election Day.
Poll workers die in Missouri flash floods on Election Day
Two poll workers in their 70s died Tuesday after torrential rains caused flash flooding in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the deaths of a 70-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman after two vehicles were swept off State Route H near Beaver Creek in Wright County.
Poll workers drown when their vehicle is swept away in flood, Missouri officials say
Beaver Creek, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. They tried swimming to dry ground, but they drowned, troopers said. They were pronounced dead just before 7 a.m. The couple, from Manes, has not been publicly identified as of Nov.
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Photos: Record rains cause flash floods, raising rivers and swamping parts of Missouri
In St. Louis County, two people died in the initial flash floods. An RV camper is lodged in a pillar of the old Route 66 ...
Missouri flash flooding kills 5, including 2 poll workers
A couple in their 70s who served as election poll workers were among at least five people killed in Missouri after ...
Flash-floods kill 5, including 2 election judges, in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Flash flooding caused by torrential rain in Missouri has killed at least five people, including two ...
Photos: Record rains cause flash floods. Rising rivers are swamping parts of Missouri
People in Pacific, Valley Park, Eureka, and St. Louis County are bracing for Meramec River flooding caused by record rains of ...
Flash flooding blamed for 5 deaths in Missouri, including 2 poll workers
A couple in their 70s who served as election poll workers were among at least five people killed in Missouri after torrential ...