© via TwitterSevere storms in Midwestern and Southern US have brought floods and tornadoes
Westbound portions of the highway between Evansville, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., were closed in Perry and Dubois counties starting around 7 a.m. ET because of flooding, according to Sgt. Philip Hensley, an Indiana State Police spokesman. At least one lane had reopened by 11 a.m.
Motorists were being detoured, and firefighters in a ladder truck had to rescue the driver of a UPS truck stranded in the flash flood about 60 miles west of Louisville, Ky., Hensley said.
State police urged motorists to avoid driving into high water.
Southeastern Missouri, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, southern Ohio and almost all of Kentucky and West Virginia were under a flash flood watch at midday and some areas near rivers were under a flash flood warning, according to the National Weather Service.
Some areas could receive more than 3 inches of rain by the end of Friday, forecasters said. It is part of a severe weather system that is expected to produce large hail and a few tornadoes from south Texas northeastward to Delaware.
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