OKLAHOMA CITY—Waterlogged parts of the central U.S. were bracing Wednesday, May 22, for more rain, following days of severe storms that have battered Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma and caused at least three deaths.
Officials were urging residents of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, some 70 miles southeast of Tulsa, to leave their homes as the Arkansas River approached near-historic levels in the town of about 600 people. The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma through the weekend. More than 8 inches of rain has fallen since Sunday in parts of Oklahoma after an already rainy spring.
