April 30, 2017: At least eight people died due to flooding and tornadoes in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas over the weekend.
Floodwaters washed away a 72-year-old woman whose body was recovered in southwestern Missouri. Another woman died after a tree fell on her mobile home in De Witt, Arkansas, about 80 miles east of Little Rock.
According to The Weather Channel, 18-year-old man drowned after his vehicle entered a flooded area west of Crocker, Missouri, about 150 miles southwest of St. Louis.