1 person missing in storm-flooded Iowa creek

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say one person remains missing after three cars were swept away in raging floodwaters in a storm-swollen creek in central Iowa.

Polk County spokesman A.J. Munn says 11 people were in the cars that were washed away about 10 miles northeast of Des Moines, and that 10 of them have been accounted for Wednesday morning.

Munn says it could be hours before the fast-moving water is safe enough for divers to resume their search.

He says the sheriff’s office used a global positioning system to track a 911 call from someone in one of the cars around 4 a.m., and sent rescue crews to the scene.

Thunderstorms overnight dumped up to 6 inches of rain on parts of Iowa.