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Kevin Stitt said during a news conference following an aerial tour with Tulsa Mayor G.W. "The biggest concern is more rain," Oklahoma Gov. Forecasters predicted parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas could see more severe weather Wednesday night into Thursday. The Arkansas River was approaching historic highs, while the already high Missouri and Mississippi Rivers were again rising after a multi-day stretch of storms that produced dozens of tornadoes. The city's airport also has been evacuated. The mayor of the capital city had earlier issued a mandatory evacuation for an area involving a handful of homes. The tornado caused some damage in the town of Carl Junction, about 4 miles (6.44 kilometers) north of the Joplin airport.Ī 'violent tornado' touched down in Jefferson City, Missouri, causing possible fatalities, heavy damage at 11:43 p.m. One tornado skirted just a few miles north of Joplin, Missouri, on the eighth anniversary of a catastrophic tornado that killed 161 people in the city. The National Weather Service said it had received 22 reports of tornadoes by late Wednesday evening, although some of those could be duplicate reporting of the same twister. Man allegedly climbed through bedroom window, shot his girlfriend and her mother at Highland Road apartment.Suspect in Madison Brooks case faces arrest in yet another rape investigation after new accuser comes forward.There was no word by midnight Wednesday where the barges were on the river, but local television stations showing live video of the river and the lock and dam said they had not yet arrived.įor the third consecutive day, dangerous storms prompted numerous tornado warnings and reports of twisters touching down, most in Missouri and Oklahoma.

If the dam breaks, it will be catastrophic!! Leave now!!" The barges are loose and has the potential to hit the lock and dam 16. Town officials ordered a mandatory evacuation Wednesday afternoon because of the river's rising level.īut Wednesday evening, a posting on the town's official Facebook page sounded the alarm about the runaway barges for its 600 residents: "Evacuate Webbers Falls immediately. The Arkansas River town of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, was one such town. The emergency was the latest consequence of storms and torrential rains that have ravaged the Midwest, from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois.Īuthorities urged residents of several small towns in Oklahoma and Kansas to leave their homes as rivers and streams rose. TULSA, OK - Two barges broke loose and floated swiftly down the swollen Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma on Wednesday, spreading alarm downstream as they threatened to hit a dam.