Parts of the South are also in the flood’s path. Moderate Mississippi River flooding is expected in Memphis, where officials were moving to protect roads and an airport.
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The best example was on Rudock’s 31-yard touchdown pass to Jehu Chesson early in the second quarter that put MI up 14-7. Chesson used a double move, initially faking an inside slant, to strand and separate from cornerback Vernon Hargreaves.
Most of the deaths in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas have been caused by people driving into flooded areas after days of downpours.
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He left the game in the second quarter after running back Antonio Andrews failed to block linebacker Jamie Collins. Tennessee tight end Delanie Walker made only two catches, but one of them was a 57-yard reception for a touchdown.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency to prepare for flooding, and levee systems are being monitored daily.
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Several days of heavy rain led to flooding in Arnold, Mo.
The casualties in Missouri include five global soldiers who were in Fort Leonard Wood as part of a training program.
Flood warnings have been issued in 17 states which host over 9.3 million people as Mississippi River crested in the south of St. Louis.
The Weather Channel described the situation a “slow-motion disaster”, as many rivers have yet to crest in some areas and swelling waterways increase the danger of exacerbating the disaster. Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by…
Some evacuees stayed with family or friends or went to hotels, while others found refuge in Red Cross shelters set up in the area.
“Major flooding is occurring or forecast on the MS and OH rivers and tributaries in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky, with record flooding at several locations”, the National Weather Service said. White said that could reopen later Friday.
Hundreds of miles to the south, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the river is expected to crest above flood stage on January 19.
“The water was going to be higher than we could possibly build in time, so we all decided we were going to get a U-Haul truck, pack it up and leave”, Engelman told CNN affiliate KMOV on Thursday. “It’s a serious concern”.
The northbound lanes of Interstate 55 are open again south of St. Louis, and southbound lanes are expected to open later Friday.
Swathes of the United States have been buffeted in the last week by tornadoes, storms and torrential rain, while the US East Coast has seen unseasonably warm weather over the holiday season.
Eureka, Missouri, Mayor Kevin Coffey said his town had not seen such bad flooding in 150 years and some of its oldest businesses have been damaged.
Major flooding was also occurring on the Arkansas River and its tributaries in that state, the NWS said.
The death toll from the devastating winter flood in the Midwest has risen to 22 with the recovery of a man’s body in southwest Missouri.
Missouri and IL have been particularly hard hit from the record-breaking and relentless deluge in the past week.
A water plant failed in the St Louis-area this week after it was swamped by flooding from the Meramec.
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An all-time high-water mark was expected in southeast Missouri’s Cape Girardeau, with the rising water damaging homes, threatening a power substation, and forcing a neighboring small town to become an island – at least for a few days.
