Wichita ? Record rainfall across south-central Kansas on Friday and Saturday led to flash flooding, the rescue of several people in a flooded river and at least two deaths, officials said.

Flood warnings were posted across much of south-central Kansas on Saturday. The Kansas Turnpike south of Wichita was closed for most of Saturday because of water over the highway in Sumner County.

The National Weather Service said mostly clear skies were expected Sunday, but that moderate flooding along rivers in southeast Kansas was expected.

Wind advisories were also issued for western sections of the state on Sunday, the weather service said.

The record 10.31 inches of rain that fell Friday in Wichita pushed the total for the year above 46 inches, making 2008 the second-wettest year on record in the city. The city is well in range of the record 50.48 inches that fell in 1951.

Five teenagers were rescued late Saturday when their raft capsized while traveling on the flooded Chikaskia River in southern Kansas.

Three firefighters trying to reach the teens also needed help when their rescue boat flipped into the water churned up by days of heavy rain in southern and central Kansas. A fourth person also fell in during the rescue attempt. Dennis Rhodes, 47, died overnight at a Wichita hospital, said James Fair, emergency management coordinator for Sumner County.

Fair said all nine people were removed from the water by 12:30 a.m. Sunday, more than six hours after the teens set off in the raft to test the swollen river. Fair said Rhodes wasn’t part of the official rescue effort and was not directed into the water. Argonia Mayor Alan Brundage said Rhodes, a volunteer emergency worker, died from injuries he sustained during the rescue attempt.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said Robert N. Bennett, 64, drove his SUV into deep water in Wichita. His body was found Saturday by the road.

Elsewhere in Wichita on Saturday, residents were cleaning up their flooded homes. Mike Loux, 55, was working to salvage soaked possessions and said the water rose a foot inside his home and more than 3 feet in his garage.

At one point, he saw his grandchildren’s plastic yard toys floating a half-mile away in floodwater.

“We’re going to try to salvage everything we can. What we can’t, we’ll live without,” he said.