Heavy rains have led to two deaths in Kentucky and Illinois and the rescues of four other people in separate incidents, officials said Monday. The first call for help came as a family tried to drive over a flooded bridge in Taylorsville and was swept away by the fast-moving water. Emergency crews were called to the water rescue Monday morning and found a woman and two children alive, but they weren’t able to immediately locate the man, Spencer County Sheriff Scott Herndon said.

His body was found hours later. In Illinois, the Union County Sheriffs Office reported that the body of a missing 59-year-old woman was found Monday morning around 7.15am after her car washed away during a flash flood.

Heavy rains moved through both states Sunday and early Monday and forecasters say storms could continue through much of the week. Part of a bourbon warehouse (left) in western Kentucky also collapsed during a thunderstorm early Monday……more here