( KTRS ) Drivers beware, a potential shutdown of I-44 just west of Highway 141 is expected soon.

MoDOT officials predict a shutdown of the interstate could be coming by 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. -Rising floodwaters are to blame.

Fox 2 news reports that Fenton city officials are also weighing possible evacuations. Sandbagging efforts took place Tuesday at the Life Church on Larkin Williams and Metro Electric on Old Gravois.

So far, thirteen flood-related deaths have been confirmed in Missouri.