"Unrelenting rain will drench the already saturated U.S. Midwest on Thursday and Friday, forecasters said, after floods in the region killed at least five people and forced residents in vulnerable areas to evacuate their flooded communities.

Parts of Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Indiana and Oklahoma could see as much as an additional 4 inches (10 cm) of rain as a slow-moving system is expected to hover over the region for at least one more day, the National Weather Service said in flood warnings and watches.

"The flooding in the middle part of the county has been unbelievable over the last couple of days ... and we have more rain on the way, if you can believe that," Weather.com meteorologist Ari Sarsalari said during his forecast on Wednesday night."

Brendan O'Brien reports for Reuters May 4, 2017. [2]

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