SF. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson activated emergency operations after storms and flooding killed five people.

Flooding hit Missouri hard Monday and Tuesday, with some areas seeing 8 inches of rain.

Two people they were found dead near the South County-South City border after flood waters receded, two poll workers were sweep of flooding in southwest Missouri and a man died after his car was swept away in Iron County.

The flooding caused the closure of polling stations.

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