The Mississippi River, the third longest river in North America, is expected to crest over the weekend at Thebes, Illinois, at 47.5 feet, more than a foot and a half (46 cm) above the 1995 record, according to the National Weather Service.
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Friends, fellow country musicians and fans rallied around Strickland and his family on social media , using #PrayersForCraig. Just before leaving for the trip, the late Morland tweeted an ominous message uncannily foreshadowing the subsequent events.
Now, area residents like Carolyn Davis are taking stock of the damage. Other spots being threatened were just farmland or now-deserted land.
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Another passenger, Bing Feng, told the network she heard screaming similar to what one might hear on a rollercoaster. They will ask for the black box and conduct interviews with Air Canada staff and passengers.
Jay Nixon told CNN Wednesday he was “very concerned” about the flooding over the next day and night. Student athletes came to help the school’s swim and dive coach, a neigbhor, after the school’s football coach put out a message for help. While the MS was expected to remain a few feet short of its record height at St. Louis, downstream, at places like Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri, and at Memphis, Tennessee, it could approach or equal records set in the floods of 2011 and 1993, the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Weather Service reported.
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“We have fulfilled the wish and our aim in the first season that ended halfway through 2015”, the Dutchman said at a news conference.
As the Meramec River swelled to more than 20 feet above flood level, traffic on the interstate was backed up for miles. “We’re going to lose probably 100 to 150 homes”.
“Major flooding is also occurring on the Arkansas River and tributaries in Arkansas”.
MISSOURI -Authorities in Missouri have officially closed I-55 in St. Louis because of flooding from the Meramec River.
Marie Elliott says, “The goal is to keep the highway open”.
“We’re moving things up high and we’ve got our generators out and got some extra water”, said Dotty Kirkendoll, a clerk at Riverside Park Marina on McKellar Lake, which feeds off the Mississippi River.
Other forms of transportation were equally problematic.
Doug Moore has been reporting on the flooding for the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The rising rivers are hitting levels not seen in 30 years, and the flooding has killed more than a dozen people in Missouri, submerging homes, bridges and prompting dozens of rescues. “I think you’re seeing people who are desperate or impatient, putting themselves in predicaments”. The mayor of Valley Park, Mo., a St. Louis suburb along I-44, ordered the mandatory evacuation of some 880 residents. But the water was receding Thursday, and the levee held.
On Monday, floodwaters caused a power outage that shut down the wastewater treatment plant in Fenton, another St. Louis-area town, diverting raw sewage into the Meramec.
“This historic flooding event will continue to cause significant hazards and disruptions – from Missourians being forced from their homes, to businesses temporarily closing, to traffic congestion and impacts on interstate commerce due to the closure of a major trucking corridor”, Nixon said in a statement.
By press release, Rauner declared 12 counties disaster areas. Paul Dusablon, left, and Richard Kotva row from the Circle K at Springdale Park after helping the owner move electronics off the floor inside the convenience store, in Fenton, Mo., Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015…
The flooding also prompted evacuations in Missouri and IL on Wednesday. The division’s emergency operations centers in each of the impacted districts direct flood-fighting activities in conjunction with the affected states, levee districts and other local interest groups.
Floodwater from the Bourbeuse River surrounds a McDonald’s restaurant in Union, Missouri on December 29.
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Flooding along the Meramec River in Missouri is setting records.
