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Severe weather hammers the Midwest United States

By PHOTOS AND VIDEO BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 21, 2019

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Flooding is an issue in parts of Oklahoma raked by severe storms on Monday. In El Reno and Stillwater, emergency responders were rescuing people from their homes because of high water.
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A damaged barn is at the corner of Barryville and Cloverdale roads Southwest of Nashville, Mich., on Monday. Authorities say severe thunderstorms that moved across Michigan spawned a weak tornado in western Michigan that damaged barns and knocked down trees.
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This image made from video provided by KWTV-KOTV shows two funnel clouds formed in Crescent, Okla., on Monday. An intense storm system that weather forecasters labeled "particularly dangerous" swept through the Southern Plains Monday, spawning a few tornadoes that caused some damage and a deluge of rain but no reports of injuries.
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The underpass on north Grand is closed due to high water in Enid, Okla., on Monday. An intense storm system that weather forecasters labeled "particularly dangerous" swept through the Southern Plains Monday, spawning a few tornadoes that caused some damage and a deluge of rain but no reports of injuries.
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A pickup truck drives on a flooded street in Enid, Okla., on Monday. An intense storm system that weather forecasters labeled "particularly dangerous" swept through the Southern Plains Monday, spawning a few tornadoes that caused some damage and a deluge of rain but no reports of injuries.
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Vehicles drive through floodwater on US Highway 66 following heavy rains on Tuesday in El Reno, Okla.
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Water flows around an abandoned vehicle near US Highway 66 following heavy rains on Tuesday in El Reno, Okla.
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Traffic is congested on Interstate 40 westbound after the highway re-opened after closing due to heavy rains and flooding on Tuesday in El Reno, Okla.
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Carmen Perez surveys storm damage of her home near Marshall and North Rockford in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday. Their front door was blocked by a tree and they had to get out of their home through a front window.
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Carmen Perez and Jorge Torres survey storm damage of their home near Marshall and North Rockford in Tulsa on Tuesday. Their front door was blocked by a tree and they had to get out of their home through a front window.
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A crew puts a tarp on a home after storm damaged it near Newton and North Rockford in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday.
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A large tree rests inside a home where a man was rescued near Newton and St. Louis Avenue in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday.
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Michelle Underwood searches through the wreckage of a feed store where she stored most of her belongings in Peggs, Okla., on Tuesday. A tornado touched down near Tulsa International Airport amid storms in the Southern Plains that brought a deluge of rain and powerful winds, closing an interstate and flipping campers at a raceway.
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Karen Spencer is helped to her storm cellar by her daughter Tammi Foster in Peggs, Okla. on Tuesday. Spencer's home was hit by an apparent tornado on Monday night. She and her husband Ed didn't have time to make it to the cellar on Monday and rode the storm out in their home.
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A RV has a board through the front windshield after storms did damage near Marshall and North Rockford in Tulsa, Okla.,on Tuesday.
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Michelle Underwood searches through the wreckage of a feed store where she stored most of her belongings in Peggs, Okla., on Tuesday. A tornado touched down near Tulsa International Airport amid storms in the Southern Plains that brought a deluge of rain and powerful winds, closing an interstate and flipping campers at a raceway.
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The US 385 Service Road south of E. 67th remains flooded on Tuesday in Odessa, Texas, the day after a severe storm passed through.
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David Dick wades out of the water after checking on his flooded home in Sperry, Okla., on Tuesday. A tornado touched down near Tulsa International Airport amid storms in the Southern Plains that brought a deluge of rain and powerful winds, closing an interstate and flipping campers at a raceway.
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Uncle John Creek is overflowing its banks in Kingfisher, Okla., on Tuesday.
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Traffic turns around as flood water covers 13th street in Kingfisher, Okla., on Tuesday.
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A baseball equipment storage shed lays in a heap next to the baseball fields at Floyd Gwin Park, on Tuesday in Odessa, Texas, the day after a severe storm passed through.
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