Rains pound Oklahoma, strand 1,500 campers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Heavy rains pounded central Oklahoma on Sunday, sending swollen rivers and creeks over their banks and stranding hundreds of campers who came for the holiday weekend at a popular park.

About 1,500 campers at Turner Falls Park near Davis were stuck with their vehicles Sunday after flash flooding forced the closure of the only road leading into the campgrounds, park manager Tom Graham said. No injuries were reported.

"One minute it was OK, and 20 minutes later a wave came through and caused us to shut it down," Graham said. "We started warning people yesterday evening that if they stayed, they may get flooded in."

It was possible for campers to get out on foot bridges, Graham said. A building inside the park was opened for rain-soaked campers to dry out, and the Red Cross delivered food and supplies.