Flooding has already led to the evacuation ofWest Alton and caused hundreds of road closures across Missouri, including in St. Louis and all lanes of I-44 at Jerome near Rolla. The Mississippi River is reportedly expected to a make a record crest over the next few days.
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Martin Malloy, Upper Mississippi River Captain of the Port, closed the portion of the river near MacArthur Bridge due to extremely high water levels and fast currents caused by a sudden increase in severe weather around the central United States.
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Missouri has been pounded by downpours since Saturday, and forecasters warned that its major rivers were still days away from cresting at record levels.
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Thirteen flood-related deaths have now been confirmed across Missouri. The flood-stage level for the river in St. Louis is 30 feet, with an all-time water level high of 49.58 feet recorded in August 1993.
Meanwhile in St. Louis, Mayor Francis Slay declared a flood emergency in response to the rising Mississippi River, activating the city’s emergency operations center to ease coordination of flood-fighting efforts. Sheriff Ron Long said Tuesday that the search is focused on that area.
The threat of flooding looms on the Mississippi River following rain and storms across the Mid-South.
The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday closed a section of the Mississippi River near St. Louis to all river traffic as high water made for hazardous conditions.
At least 18 deaths in Missouri and IL are blamed on flooding, mostly involving vehicles that drove onto swamped roadways.
The flooding has taken a tragic turn, killing several people. Their names and where they are from hasn’t been released.
One of the two wastewater plants in Springfield, Missouri, also failed, allowing partially treated sewage to flow into a river.
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Southeast of Tulsa, the Illinois River near Tahlequahrose well above its banks on Monday morning, flooding everything nearby.
