2 dead after flooding sweeps vehicles away in Oklahoma

More than 30 million on alert for severe weather over Easter weekend.

Two people were killed after two vehicles were swept off the road due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Moore, Oklahoma, police said.

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.

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.

The flooding comes as more than 30 million Americans are on alert for severe weather this Easter weekend, as several states in the Heartland have already been slammed with tornadoes, hail and damaging winds.

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.

Police had earlier said they were working to assist “more than a dozen” motorists whose vehicles were stuck in high water.

“Multiple roads and neighbrhoods have water over the curbs,” the department said on social media late on Saturday. “Stay home if at all possible.”

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

ABC News’ Michael O’Keefe contributed to this report.

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