TORNADOES, FLOODS KILL 11 IN SOUTH, MIDWEST

CANTON, TEXAS At least 11 people have been killed by tornadoes or flooding in the South and Midwest by a storm that also dumped a rare late-season blizzard in western Kansas on Sunday.

Tornadoes hit several small towns in East Texas, killing four. Three people were killed by flooding and winds in Arkansas, with officials saying two more are missing. Rushing water swept away a car, drowning a woman in Missouri; and a death was reported in Sunday morning storms that raked Mississippi.

Flooding closed part of Interstate 44 near Hazelgreen, Mo., and Interstate 70 in western Kansas was closed due to snow. A volunteer fire department chief was killed while working during storms in north-central Arkansas, police said.