Flash flooding swept seven vehicles off an interstate highway, killing four children, three of them strapped inside a minivan that was dragged for more than a mile by the rushing water. Rescuers on Sunday were still searching for the children's mother and a driver from Texas. Everyone was accounted for in the other five vehicles that were swept off the roadway in eastern Kansas when torrential rain sent a creek spilling over Interstate 35 late Saturday, …showed first 75 words of 546 total…

…showed last 75 words of 546 total…washed out chunks of the interstate and swept some of the heavy concrete barriers - which weigh between 10,000 and 12,000 pounds - 50 to 60 yards from the roadway, and the abandoned vehicles could be seen strewn about the valley. Saturday's storm had earlier hit Dodge City, in southwest Kansas, dropping 4 to 7 inches of rain and stranding motorists in high water. "We've seen some of the vehicles floating down the road," said Dodge City Police Sgt. Steven George.