Floods kill two in the US

Torrential rains chased hundreds of people from their flooded homes and deluged roads in the US yesterday, killing at least two people in Missouri and sweeping a teenager down a drainage pipe near Dallas.

The storm system also grounded hundreds of flights.

One control tower at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was briefly evacuated when a funnel cloud was spotted.

The National Weather Service posted flood and flash flood warnings from Texas to Ohio, with tornado watches in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.