Bill's remnants still hammering southern Plains

Parts of the Southern Plains are swamped with floodwaters caused by blinding downpours dumping inches of rain, reports CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca.

As the system starts to move east, flash flood watches and warnings stretch into the Midwest.

Torrential rains took aim at Oklahoma on Wednesday, leaving abandoned cars floating in a window-high mess in Ardmore.

The southern part of the state is the latest to be surrounded, blown and drenched by the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill.

The waters overtook a camp bus in Falls Creek, completely submerging its nose, but no children were hurt.

Heavy rain causes flooding as Tropical Storm Bill moves inland

Texas drivers are also facing dangerous and waterlogged roadways.

Three teenagers clung to the roof of their car in an Austin park. Raging floodwaters inched up around them. Firefighters had to battle through water up to their waist eventually pulling the group to safety in a boat.

"It doesn't take much but a few inches of water to take the vehicle over," one person said.

Two days after making landfall along the Texas coastline, the storm is still heading northeast.

"It's comin' in," Mike Houston said.

A silver lining in flooded Texas

His Akansas home is in the storm's path.

"We're not sure what's going to happen and we're just waiting and if we have to move we'll move," he said.

Local officials are searching for a 2-year-old who was swept away by the water, and so far, there has been one confirmed fatality.

On Wednesday a 62-year-old woman was killed in West, Texas, while she was driving in the conditions.

According to the National Weather Service, that's where most flood-related deaths happen.

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