JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wants to spend $10.4 million to create a new office that would help the state better prepare for floods and drought. Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Connie Patterson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that creating the new Missouri Hydrology Information Center is part of the…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ida is now a tropical storm after spending 16 hours as a hurricane over Louisiana and Mississippi. Residents are now waiting for daybreak for rescues from flooded areas to begin and damage to be assessed. Power remains out for the entire city of New Orleans, taking down the backup system for…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Missouri Governor Mike Parson is scheduled to do an aerial assessment of the flooding Wednesday morning, followed by a briefing at the St. Charles Emergency Operations Center. Flood waters are continuing to breech levees all around the metro-area. On the Missouri side, the Elm Point and Sandfort Creek Levees in St.…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Mississippi River has crested at many of the hardest-hit towns, but with more heavy rain expected over the next several days, the latest round of spring flooding may be far from finished. The river was starting to decline at Davenport, Iowa, after eclipsing the 1993 record, but downtown remained underwater.…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries should brace for the prospect of potentially serious flooding this spring, in large part because of an unusually snowy winter to the north. The National Weather Service office in suburban St. Louis on Friday released its…
HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — City leaders in the historic northeast Missouri hometown of Mark Twain have been talking about renovating the area along Twain’s beloved Mississippi River for three decades, and now, that work is about to begin. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that the city council recently approved a $6.6 million contract for riverfront renovations.…
The Coast Guard has rescued a man from the Mississippi River after he was involved in a two-car accident Thursday morning at around 8:30 on the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge. St. Louis firefighters report the man, who was wearing a hospital gown, jumped 100 feet into the river and was in the water for…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Water levels on the Mississippi River are dropping north of St. Louis after high waters forced road and ferry closures. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that in the hardest-hit communities, floodwater crested over the weekend at almost nine feet above flood stage. Hannibal saw the Mississippi River reach about 8.8 feet…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mississippi River is rising in eastern Missouri as water levels along the Missouri River fall. The National Weather Service says the Mississippi River is expected to crest early Tuesday in Hannibal at more than 8 feet (2.5 meters) above flood stage, inundating railroad tracks and several businesses in the southwest…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Heavy rain across Missouri has caused river levels to spike, shutting down roads and threatening some homes and businesses in low-lying areas. The Missouri River and other waterways are already flooding in the state’s northwest and the Mississippi River’s levels are rising fast, especially in the northeast of the state.…