CLAREMOREroOkla. (AP) — Authorities are blaming a third death on weekend storms that have barreled through the Plains and Midwest.
Keli Cain, an Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman, said in a statement Sunday that a 33-year-old woman was killed Saturday in a traffic collision in Tulsa. She didn't release the woman's name.
Claremore, Oklahoma, Fire Captain Jason Farley was killed late Saturday while trying to rescue people trapped by floodwater. He was swept into a drainage ditch and his body was recovered.
Meanwhile, Central Texas authorities say a man's body was recovered from along the swollen Blanco River. Hays County emergency management coordinator Kharley Smith said late Sunday that three people from Wimberley are missing.
The storms have forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 people from their homes in Texas.