Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding battered parts of Missouri on Friday, forcing the helicopter evacuations of more than 200 children and staff from a summer camp and the rescues of

At least five people are unaccounted for in southeastern Missouri, officials say, amid historic flooding in the region that has prompted multiple water rescues Friday.

The unaccounted for campers in Reynolds County, Missouri, “have been located and rescued,” Reynolds County Sheriff Caleb McCoy told CNN.