Two people were killed after two vehicles were swept off the road due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Moore, Oklahoma, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following a search, the bodies of two people, an adult female and a 12-year-old child, were found outside one of the vehicles that were swept away, Moore Police spokesperson Clint Byley told ABC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First responders said earlier they were searching for two people who had been in a Jeep, after three other people were declared safe. One of those who were rescued had also been in the Jeep, police said. Two others who were rescued were in a truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flooding comes as\u00a0more than 30 million Americans<\/a>\u00a0are on alert for severe weather this Easter weekend, as several states in the Heartland have already been slammed with tornadoes, hail and damaging winds.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The two vehicles went off the road near Southeast 12th Street and S Eastern Avenue, the Moore Police Department told ABC News affiliate KOCO. Both vehicles were submerged in the water after being washed off a bridge, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This was a historical weather event that impacted roads & caused dozens of high-water incidents across the city,” police said on social media. “We would like to extend a thank you to our neighboring agencies who assisted in rescue efforts. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family & friends of the victims.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police had earlier said they were working to assist “more than a dozen” motorists whose vehicles were stuck in high water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Multiple roads and neighbrhoods have water over the curbs,” the department said on social media<\/a> late on Saturday. “Stay home if at all possible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n